престъпник

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perstǫpьnikъ; equivalent to престъ́пя (prestǎ́pja, “to cross, to step over”) +‎ -ник (-nik). Literally, "one who crosses (the accepted norms/laws)".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɛˈstɤpnik]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɤpnik
• Syllabification^(key): пре‧стъ‧пник
• Hyphenation^(key): прес‧тъп‧ник

Noun

престъ́пник • (prestǎ́pnik) m (feminine престъ́пница or престъ́пничка)

1. criminal (person guilty of a crime, breaking the law)

Declension

Declension of престъ́пник

	singular	plural
indefinite	престъ́пник prestǎ́pnik	престъ́пници prestǎ́pnici
definite (subject form)	престъ́пникът prestǎ́pnikǎt	престъ́пниците prestǎ́pnicite
definite (object form)	престъ́пника prestǎ́pnika
vocative form	престъ́пнико prestǎ́pniko	престъ́пници prestǎ́pnici

Related terms

• престъпле́ние (prestǎplénie, “crime, offense”)

References

• “престъпник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “престъпник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, Račeva, Todorov, Bălgarski Etimologičen Rečnik Book 5, page 677 https://web.archive.org/web/20240827114221/https://ibl.bas.bg/lib/ber_5/#page/339/mode/1up