катур

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, кат (kat, “span, turn”) +‎ -ур (-ur).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkator]
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Noun

ка́тур • (kátur) m (dialectal)

  1. turnaround (place where one can do a U-turn)
    Synonym: обръща́ло (obrǎštálo)

Declension
Declension of ка́тур
singular plural
indefinite ка́тур
kátur		 ка́тури
káturi
definite
(subject form)		 ка́турът
káturǎt		 ка́турите
káturite
definite
(object form)		 ка́тура
kátura
count form — ка́тура
kátura

Derived terms
  • кату́ря impf (katúrja), кату́рвам impf (katúrvam), кату́рна pf (katúrna, “to turn over”)

References
  • “катур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “катур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 278
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