обувка

Bulgarian

дамски обувки

мъжки обувки

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obuvъka, from *obuvь. By surface analysis, обу́вам (obúvam, “to put on shoes”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈbufkɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ufkɐ
• Syllabification^(key): о‧бу‧вка
• Hyphenation^(key): обув‧ка

Noun

обу́вка • (obúvka) f (diminutive обу́вчица)

1. shoe, piece of footwear

   Coordinate terms: обле́кло (obléklo, “clothing”), носи́я (nosíja, “attire”), оде́жда (odéžda, “vestment”)

Usage notes

Usually used as plurale tantum обу́вки pl (obúvki) to refer to “footwear” in general or to a specific “pair of shoes” in particular.

Declension

Declension of обу́вка

	singular	plural
indefinite	обу́вка obúvka	обу́вки obúvki
definite	обу́вката obúvkata	обу́вките obúvkite

Related terms

• обу́ще (obúšte, “large shoe”)

References

• “обувки (мн.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “обувка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “обу́вка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 315
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “обувка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 759

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obuvъka, from *obuvь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔbufka]

Noun

обувка • (obuvka) f (plural обувки)

1. shoe, footwear

Declension

Declension of обувка

	singular	plural
indefinite	обувка (obuvka)	обувки (obuvki)
definite unspecified	обувката (obuvkata)	обувките (obuvkite)
definite proximal	обувкава (obuvkava)	обувкиве (obuvkive)
definite distal	обувкана (obuvkana)	обувкине (obuvkine)
vocative	обувко (obuvko)	обувки (obuvki)

Russian

Etymology

о́бувь (óbuvʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈbufkə]

Noun

обу́вка • (obúvka) f inan (genitive обу́вки, uncountable)

1. diminutive of о́бувь (óbuvʹ)

Declension

Declension of обу́вка (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular
nominative	обу́вка obúvka
genitive	обу́вки obúvki
dative	обу́вке obúvke
accusative	обу́вку obúvku
instrumental	обу́вкой, обу́вкою obúvkoj, obúvkoju
prepositional	обу́вке obúvke