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Bulgarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
лу́ковица • (lúkovica) f
- (botany) bulb
- Лу́ковица на коки́че. ― Lúkovica na kokíče. ― Snowdrop bulb.
- Лу́ковица на лук. ― Lúkovica na luk. ― Onion bulb.
- Луковицата на че́сън. ― Lukovicata na čésǎn. ― Garlic bulb.
- (anatomy) bulb (base of hairs, nerves etc.)
- Лу́ковицана ко́съма. ― Lúkovicana kósǎma. ― A hair bulb.
Declension
References
- “луковица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “луковица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
лу́ковица • (lúkovica) f inan (genitive лу́ковицы, nominative plural лу́ковицы, genitive plural лу́ковиц, relational adjective лу́ковичный)
- onion
- (botany, anatomy) bulb
- (figuratively, architecture) onion-shaped dome of a Russian church
- (figuratively) old-fashioned pocket watch with thick convex glass and convex backside
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