шкембе

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• чкембе́ (čkembé) — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شكمبه (şkembe), from Classical Persian شِکَمْبَه (šikamba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃkɛmˈbɛ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -bɛ
• Syllabification^(key): шкем‧бе

Noun

шкембе́ • (škembé) n

1. (colloquial) tripe, rumen used for a dish, and the dish itself, often a soup
   • 1999, „Ъпсурт“, “Бира и шкембе (Неделя сутрин) [Beer and tripe... (soup on Sunday morning)]”‎^[1]:

     Шкембе и бира мразят само баракуди.
     Не се чуди, силен бъди - трактор!
     С оцет и чесън - ето ме пак тук!
     

     Škembe i bira mrazjat samo barakudi.
     Ne se čudi, silen bǎdi - traktor!
     S ocet i česǎn - eto me pak tuk!
     

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Declension

Declension of шкембе́

	singular	plural
indefinite	шкембе́ škembé	шкембе́та škembéta
definite	шкембе́то škembéto	шкембе́тата škembétata

References

• “шкембе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “шкембе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “шкембе”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003), “шкембе”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 240

Macedonian

Alternative forms

• чкембе (čkembe)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شكمبه (şkembe), from Classical Persian شکمبه (šikamba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃˈkɛmbɛ]

Noun

шкембе • (škembe) n

1. tripe
2. tripe, rumen used for a dish, and the dish itself, often a soup

Declension

Declension of шкембе

	singular	plural
indefinite	шкембе (škembe)	шкембиња (škembinja)
definite unspecified	шкембето (škembeto)	шкембињата (škembinjata)
definite proximal	шкембево (škembevo)	шкембињава (škembinjava)
definite distal	шкембено (škembeno)	шкембињана (škembinjana)
vocative	шкембе (škembe)	шкембиња (škembinja)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• шкѐмба

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شكمبه (şkembe), from Classical Persian شکمبه (šikamba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃkěmbe/

Noun

шкѐмбе n (Latin spelling škèmbe)

1. tripe, rumen (бу̀раг) used for a dish, and the dish itself, often a soup, then also called шкемби́ћи

Declension

Declension of шкембе

	singular
nominative	шкембе
genitive	шкембета
dative	шкембету
accusative	шкембе
vocative	шкембе
locative	шкембету
instrumental	шкембетом

References

• “шкембе”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “шкембе”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 6, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1976, published 1990, page 969