богомолка

See also: богомољка

Bulgarian

Обикновена богомолка (Mantis religiosa)

Etymology

Formed as бог (bog, “god”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ (non-standard) мо́лка (mólka, “prayer, requester”), in reference to the "praying-like" stature of the insect. A near calque of Ancient Greek μᾰ́ντῐς (mántis, “soothsayer”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian бого̀мо̄љка, Slovene bogomọ̑lka, Russian богомо́л (bogomól). Compare also analogous German Gottesanbeterin (“mantis”, literally “God-worshipper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boɡoˈmɔɫkɐ]

Noun

богомо́лка • (bogomólka) f

1. praying mantis (dictyopteran insect of order Mantodea)

Declension

Declension of богомо́лка

	singular	plural
indefinite	богомо́лка bogomólka	богомо́лки bogomólki
definite	богомо́лката bogomólkata	богомо́лките bogomólkite
vocative form	богомо́лко bogomólko	богомо́лки bogomólki

Related terms

• богомо́лец (bogomólec, “god-warshipper, pilgrim”)
• молба́ (molbá, “plea, request”)
• моли́тва (molítva, “prayer”)

References

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

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔˈɡɔmɔɫka]
• IPA^(key): [bɔɡɔˈmɔɫka] (nonstandard)

Noun

богомолка • (bogomolka) f (plural богомолки)

1. praying mantis

Declension

Declension of богомолка

	singular	plural
indefinite	богомолка	богомолки
definite unspecified	богомолката	богомолките
definite proximal	богомолкава	богомолкиве
definite distal	богомолкана	богомолкине
vocative	богомолке	богомолки