бурдей

Ukrainian

Etymology

From бурдюг (burdjuh, small dwelling), which may be a variation on бурдю́к (burdjúk, waterskin), itself from Crimean Tatar [Term?]. Cognate with Bulgarian борде́й (bordéj) and Romanian bordei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʊrˈdɛi̯]

Noun

бурде́й • (burdéj) m inan (genitive бурде́я, nominative plural бурде́ї, genitive plural бурде́їв)

  1. hovel, hut
  2. (Canada) a Ukrainian-Canadian vernacular dwelling roughly equivalent to an Anglo-Canadian sod house or log cabin or a French-Canadian caveau

Declension

  • земля́нка (zemljánka) (dugout, pit house), напівземля́нка (napivzemljánka) (half dugout), дах на сохах (dax na soxax) (roof on forked posts), чо́рна ха́та (čórna xáta) (chimney-less house), буда (buda) (hut)
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