папуняк
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Обикновен папуняк
Bulgarian
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin after hoopoe's call oop-oop.
Pronunciation
Noun
папу́няк • (papúnjak) m (relational adjective папу́няков)
- hoopoe (bird of suborder Upupi, particularly Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops))
- Synonyms: (dialectal) дуду́няк (dudúnjak), (rare) вдод (vdod), (colloquial) ци́ганско пе́тле (cígansko pétle)
- (figurative) whipper-snapper, boastful person
Inflection
Declension of папу́няк
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | папу́няк papúnjak |
папу́няци papúnjaci |
| definite (subject form) |
папу́някът papúnjakǎt |
папу́няците papúnjacite |
| definite (object form) |
папу́няка papúnjaka | |
| count form | — | папу́няка papúnjaka |
| vocative form | папу́няко papúnjako |
папу́няци papúnjaci |
Alternative forms
- папу́нец (papúnec) — dialectal, with suffix -ец (-ec)
- пупу́няк (pupúnjak), пупу́нец (pupúnec), пупу́ньок (pupúnjok) — colloquial with duplicated пу-пу
- пупа́вец (pupávec) — dialectal
Hyponyms
- дърве́сен папуняк (dǎrvésen papunjak, “wood hoopoe, family Phoeniculidae”)
- съ́щински папу́няк (sǎ́štinski papúnjak, “true hoopoe, family Upupidae”)
- еврази́йски папу́няк (evrazíjski papúnjak, “Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops”)
- африка́нски папу́няк (afrikánski papúnjak, “African hoopoe, Upupa africana”)
Derived terms
- папуня́свам се (papunjásvam se, “to get yellow like a hoopoe”)
Related terms
- пу́пам (púpam, “to peep, to boo”) (dialectal)
- пу́як m (pújak, “peacock”), пу́йка f (pújka, “peahen”)
References
- “папуняк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “папуняк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “папу́нець, папу́някъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 11