перница

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥der.?

Proto-Slavic *però

Bulgarian перо́ (peró)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas

Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas

Proto-Slavic *-ica

Proto-Slavic *-ьnica

Old Church Slavonic -ьница (-ĭnica)

Bulgarian -ница (-nica)

Bulgarian перница

From перо́ (peró, “feather”) + -ница (-nica). Compare Proto-Slavic *perina (“cushion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrnit͡sɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛrnit͡sɐ
• Syllabification^(key): пер‧ни‧ца

Noun

пе́рница • (pérnica) f

1. (dialectal) cushion, bolster (made of plumage)

   Synonym: (generic) възгла́вница (văzglávnica)

Declension

Declension of пе́рница

	singular	plural
indefinite	пе́рница pérnica	пе́рници pérnici
definite	пе́рницата pérnicata	пе́рниците pérnicite

Related terms

• перуши́на (perušína, “plumage”)

References

• “перница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “перница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 175

Macedonian

Etymology

From перо (pero, “feather”) +‎ -ница (-nica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrnit͡sa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: пер‧ни‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

перница • (pernica) f (plural перници, diminutive перниче or перничка)

1. pillow, cushion

Declension

Declension of перница

	singular	plural
indefinite	перница (pernica)	перници (pernici)
definite unspecified	перницата (pernicata)	перниците (pernicite)
definite proximal	перницава (pernicava)	пернициве (pernicive)
definite distal	перницана (pernicana)	перницине (pernicine)
vocative	перницо (pernico)	перници (pernici)

References

• “перница” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu