стъпка

Bulgarian

Etymology

стъ́пя (stǎ́pja) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɤpkɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ɤpkɐ
• Hyphenation^(key): стъп‧ка

Noun

стъ́пка • (stǎ́pka) f

1. A step.
2. A footprint.
3. A pace (the distance equal to one stride).
4. (obsolete) A unit of measure approximately equal to the length of a sole, a foot.
5. (dance) A dance step.
6. (figurative) A stage of the initiation of an activity, a phase of the stepping into a field of study.
7. (literary, poetry) A metrical foot.

Declension

Declension of стъ́пка

	singular	plural
indefinite	стъ́пка stǎ́pka	стъ́пки stǎ́pki
definite	стъ́пката stǎ́pkata	стъ́пките stǎ́pkite

Derived terms

• вървя по стъпките (vǎrvja po stǎpkite)
• стъпка по стъпка (stǎpka po stǎpka)

References

• “стъпка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “стъпка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010