мокрица
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Мокрица
Bulgarian
Etymology
мо́кър (mókǎr, “wet, damp”) + -ица (-ica)
Pronunciation
Noun
мокри́ца • (mokríca) f
- woodlouse, pillbug (small land crustacean of family Armadillidiidae, order Isopoda)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) кола́че (koláče), (colloquial) подка́мениче (podkámeniče)
Usage notes
The pillbug is sometimes confused for an insect, thus, may be called by mistake гъгли́ва буболе́чка (gǎglíva buboléčka, “kinky, curly bug”) or simply гъгля́к (gǎglják).
Declension
Declension of мокри́ца
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мокри́ца mokríca |
мокри́ци mokríci |
| definite | мокри́цата mokrícata |
мокри́ците mokrícite |
| vocative form | мокри́це mokríce |
мокри́ци mokríci |
Alternative forms
- мокре́ц m (mokréc)
Related terms
- мочу́р (močúr, “marsh, wetland”)
References
- “мокрица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мокрица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мокре́ць м., мокри́ца ж.”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 77
Russian
Etymology
мо́крый (mókryj, “wet”) + -и́ца (-íca)
Pronunciation
Noun
мокри́ца • (mokríca) f anim (genitive мокри́цы, nominative plural мокри́цы, genitive plural мокри́ц)
- woodlouse, sowbug (any species of suborder Oniscidea)
- common chickweed (Stellaria media)
- Synonym: звездча́тка сре́дняя (zvezdčátka srédnjaja)
Declension
Declension of мокри́ца (anim fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | мокри́ца mokríca |
мокри́цы mokrícy |
| genitive | мокри́цы mokrícy |
мокри́ц mokríc |
| dative | мокри́це mokríce |
мокри́цам mokrícam |
| accusative | мокри́цу mokrícu |
мокри́ц mokríc |
| instrumental | мокри́цей, мокри́цею mokrícej, mokríceju |
мокри́цами mokrícami |
| prepositional | мокри́це mokríce |
мокри́цах mokrícax |