зъб
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- зѫбъ (zǫb) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɤp]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɤp
Noun
зъб • (zǎb) m (relational adjective зъ́бен, diminutive зъбе́ц or зъ́бче)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | зъб zǎb |
зъ́би, зъби́1 zǎ́bi, zǎbí1 |
| definite (subject form) |
зъбъ́т zǎbǎ́t |
зъ́бите, зъби́те1 zǎ́bite, zǎbíte1 |
| definite (object form) |
зъба́ zǎbá | |
| count form | — | зъ́ба zǎ́ba |
1Colloquial.
Derived terms
- зъболекар (zǎbolekar, “dentist”)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549
- “зъб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “зъб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
- бъз (bǎz)