костенурка

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Bulgarian

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A picture of a Testudo graeca, a type of tortoise found in Bulgaria
вид сухоземна костенурка (Testudo graeca)
Picture of a green sea turtle
вид морска костенурка (Chelonia mydas)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ко́стен (kósten, “bony”) +‎ -урка (-urka).

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Noun

костену́рка • (kostenúrka) f (diminutive костену́рче)

  1. turtle, tortoise (reptile of order Testudines)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) же́лва (žélva), (dialectal) костену́ша (kostenúša)

Usage notes

Bulgarian makes no distinction between terrestrial or aquatic Testudines. If specification is needed, it is made explicitly:

Declension

Declension of костену́рка
singular plural
indefinite костену́рка
kostenúrka 		костену́рки
kostenúrki
definite костену́рката
kostenúrkata 		костену́рките
kostenúrkite
vocative form костену́рке
kostenúrke 		костену́рки
kostenúrki

Derived terms

adjectives

See also

  • нуре́ц (nuréc, “diver”) (etymologically unrelated)

References

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