гмурец

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Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

From гму́ря се (gmúrja se, “to dive”) +‎ -ец (-ec).

Noun

гмуре́ц • (gmuréc) m (feminine гмурки́ня)

male scuba diver
Synonym: гмурка́ч (gmurkáč)

Declension

Declension of гмуре́ц

	singular	plural
indefinite	гмуре́ц gmuréc	гмурци́ gmurcí
definite (subject form)	гмуре́цът gmurécǎt	гмурци́те gmurcíte
definite (object form)	гмуре́ца gmuréca	гмурци́те gmurcíte
vocative form	гмуре́цо gmuréco	гмурци́ gmurcí

References

“гмурец²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“гмурец (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Etymology 2

Bulgarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Гмурецови

Голям гмурец

Ритуал "ходене по вода" на гмурци

Substantivation of Etymology 1.

Noun

гмуре́ц • (gmuréc) m (relational adjective гмуре́цов)

grebe (neoavid diving bird of family Podicipedidae)

Declension

Declension of гмуре́ц

	singular	plural
indefinite	гмуре́ц gmuréc	гмурци́ gmurcí
definite (subject form)	гмуре́цът gmurécǎt	гмурци́те gmurcíte
definite (object form)	гмуре́ца gmuréca	гмурци́те gmurcíte
vocative form	гмуре́цо gmuréco	гмурци́ gmurcí

Hyponyms

голя́м гмуре́ц (goljám gmuréc, “great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus”)
магела́нов гмуре́ц (magelánov gmuréc, “great grebe, Podiceps major”)
за́паден гмуре́ц (západen gmuréc, “western grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis”)
ма́лък гмуре́ц (málǎk gmuréc, “little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis”)

See also

нире́ц (niréc, “merger”) (anatid diving bird, similar to grebes)
потапни́ца (potapníca, “pochard”) (anatid diving bird, similar to grebes)

References

“гмурец¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“гмурец (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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