кът
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ. Further origin is either from the root of Proto-Slavic *kǫpъ (“thicket, bush; kink”) or less likely related to къ́там (kǎ́tam, “to conceal”), къ́тна (kǎ́tna, “to nudge”) (both of unclear origin).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
кът • (kǎt) m (relational adjective къ́тен, diminutive къ́тче)
Declension[edit]
Declension of кът
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- къ́тище (kǎ́tište) (augmentative)
- къти́на (kǎtína, “corner of a room”) (dialectal)
- къ́тник (kǎ́tnik), къ́тен зъб (kǎ́ten zǎb, “molar”)
References[edit]
- “кът”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кът”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “кѫтъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 447
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кът¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 233