нирец
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *nyra (“crack”) + -ец (-ec). Akin to Russian ны́ра (nýra, “dent, track”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ни́рец • (nírec) m
- (dialectal) crack, crevice, dent (in a rock, cliff, cave, stone wall)
- Synonyms: про́цеп (prócep), пукнатина́ (puknatiná), ду́пка (dúpka), зъ́бел (zǎ́bel)
- (by extension) small fault, fissure (on the ground)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ни́рец
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “нирец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “ныре́ць”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 285
Etymology 2
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From Proto-Slavic *nyrьcь, *nyrikъ, *nyrъkъ (“diver”). Cognate with Russian ныре́ц (nyréc, “diver”), ныро́к (nyrók, “diving duck, pochard”), Ukrainian нуре́ць (nurécʹ), пронуро́к (pronurók, “dipper (bird)”), Polish nurzyk (“guillemot”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]нире́ц • (niréc) m (feminine ни́рка)
Declension
[edit]Declension of нире́ц
Hyponyms
[edit]- голя́м нире́ц (goljám niréc, “great merganser, Mergus merganser”)
- сре́ден нире́ц (sréden niréc, “middle merganser, Mergus serrator”)
- ма́лък нире́ц (málǎk niréc, “small merganser, Mergus cucullatus”) (also called америка́нски нире́ц (amerikánski niréc))
Related terms
[edit]- костену́рка (kostenúrka, “turtle”) (literally: bone-shelled diver)
See also
[edit]- гмуре́ц (gmuréc, “grebe”) (neoavian diving bird, similar to goosanders)
- гмурка́ч (gmurkáč, “loob”) (neoavian diving bird, similar to goosanders)