гургулица

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Гургулица

Обикновена гургулица

Капска гургулица

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

гургули́ца • (gurgulíca) f

turtle dove (columbid bird of genus Turtur)
Synonym: (dialectal) туртули́ца (turtulíca)

Declension

Declension of гургули́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	гургули́ца gurgulíca	гургули́ци gurgulíci
definite	гургули́цата gurgulícata	гургули́ците gurgulícite
vocative form	гургули́це gurgulíce	гургули́ци gurgulíci

Hyponyms

оби́кновена гургули́ца (obíknovena gurgulíca, “European turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur”) (literally: common turtle dove)
голя́ма гургули́ца (goljáma gurgulíca, “oriental turtle dove, Streptopelia orientalis”) (literally: great turtle dove)
ма́лка гургули́ца (málka gurgulíca, “laughing dove, Spilopelia senegalensis”) (literally: little turtle dove)

See also

ка́пска гургули́ца (kápska gurgulíca, “Namaqua dove, genus Oena”)

References

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

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