копринарка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From копри́на (koprína, “silk”) +‎ -ар (-ar) +‎ -ка (-ka), in reference to the silk-smooth plumage of the bird which also gave the scientific name of the genus Bombycilla (“silk-tail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kopriˈnarkɐ]
Rhymes: -arkɐ

Noun

коприна́рка • (koprinárka) f (relational adjective коприна́рков)

(literally) female silk-picker or silk-seller
Synonym: свила́рка (svilárka)
waxwing (songbird of genus Bombycilla)
Synonym: (dialectal) къжли́ца (kǎžlíca)

Declension

Declension of коприна́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	коприна́рка koprinárka	коприна́рки koprinárki
definite	коприна́рката koprinárkata	коприна́рките koprinárkite
vocative form	коприна́рке koprinárke	коприна́рки koprinárki

Hyponyms

бохе́мска коприна́рка (bohémska koprinárka, “Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus”)
ке́дрова коприна́рка (kédrova koprinárka, “cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum”)

References

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

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