поборник

The primary meaning is borrowed from Russian побо́рник (pobórnik), morphologically equivalent to побо́ря (pobórja, “to fight off, to wrestle”) +‎ -ник (-nik)

побо́рник • (pobórnik) m

1. partisan (fervent supporter)
2. (literary) fighter, combatant

• боре́ц (boréc, “wrestler”)
• боря́к (borják, “champion”)
• борба́ (borbá, “fight, struggle”)

• “поборник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “поборник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key):

поборник • (pobornik) m

1. fighter, partisan

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поборьникъ (poborĭnikŭ), from поборати (poborati, “to help in a struggle, to protect”), from борь (borĭ, “struggle”).

• IPA^(key):

побо́рник • (pobórnik) m anim (genitive побо́рника, nominative plural побо́рники, genitive plural побо́рников)

1. partisan (fervent supporter)

• борьба́ (borʹbá)

From Russian побо́рник (pobórnik).

• IPA^(key): /pǒboːrniːk/
• Hyphenation: по‧бор‧ник

по̀бо̄рнӣк m (Latin spelling pòbōrnīk)

1. partisan (fervent supporter)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поборьникъ (poborĭnikŭ), from поборати (poborati, “to help in a struggle, to protect”), from борь (borĭ, “struggle”).

• IPA^(key):

• Audio:

  (file)

побо́рник • (pobórnyk) m pers (genitive побо́рника, nominative plural побо́рники, genitive plural побо́рників)

1. (literary) partisan (fervent supporter)

• боротьба́ (borotʹbá)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “побо́рник”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “побо́рник”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN