пищял

Bulgarian

пищял на крака (modern meaning)

Etymology

By surface analysis, пищя́ (pištjá, “to squeak, to scream”) +‎ -ял (-jal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piʃˈtʲa̟ɫ]
• Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

пищя́л • (pištjál) m (diminutive пищя́лка)

1. (obsolete) pipe, flute
2. (by metaphor) shin
   1. generally: crus, tarsus (lower part of the leg, between the knee and the ankle)
   2. specifically: shankbone (tibia and fibula) (bones that form the lower leg)

Declension

Declension of пищя́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	пищя́л pištjál	пищя́ли pištjáli
definite (subject form)	пищя́лът pištjálǎt	пищя́лите pištjálite
definite (object form)	пищя́ла pištjála
count form	—	пищя́ла pištjála

Related terms

• пище́ (pišté, “sparrow, tit”) (dialectal)
• пи́ска (píska), писка́ло (piskálo), писку́н (piskún, “whistle, hooter”)
• писка́л (piskál), писка́вец (piskávec, “cyprinid gudgeon”) (dialectal)
• пищо́л (pištól), пистоле́т (pistolét, “pistol”) (French borrowings of Slavic origin)

References

• “пищял”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пищял”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пищял”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 281