жерка

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier *жернка (*žernka), a diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *žьrny (“millstone”) + -ка (-ka).

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Noun

же́рка • (žérka) f

  1. (archaic, dialectal) millstone
  2. (by specification) gizzard, gastric mill (part of the digestive tract of birds and other archosaurs)

Declension

Declension of же́рка
singular plural
indefinite же́рка
žérka 		же́рки
žérki
definite же́рката
žérkata 		же́рките
žérkite

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References

  • “жерка”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “жерка”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерка”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 537
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