жабуняк

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, жа́ба (žába, “toad”) +‎ -няк (-njak).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʒɐˈbunʲɐk]
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Noun

жабу́няк • (žabúnjak) m

  1. (uncountable) frog spit, green scum (layer of algae on the surface of stagnant water)
  2. (figurative) duckweed (aquatic plant of subfamily Lemnoideae)
    Synonym: (standard) водна леща (vodna lešta)

Declension
Declension of жабу́няк
singular
indefinite жабу́няк
žabúnjak
definite
(subject form)		 жабу́някът
žabúnjakǎt
definite
(object form)		 жабу́няка
žabúnjaka
  • жабунясам (žabunjasam), жабунясвам се (žabunjasvam se, “to get covered in green scum”) (mainly in 3p.)

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