потапница

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Самец на планинска потапница
Самец на кафявоглава потапница

Etymology

пота́пям (potápjam, “to submerge”) +‎ -ница (-nica)

Pronunciation

Noun

пота́пница • (potápnica) f

  1. (literally) diver, submerger
    Synonyms: гмурец (gmurec), гмуркач (gmurkač)
  2. diving duck, pochard (anatid bird of genus Aythya or Netta)

Inflection

Declension of пота́пница
singular plural
indefinite пота́пница
potápnica 		пота́пници
potápnici
definite пота́пницата
potápnicata 		пота́пниците
potápnicite
vocative form пота́пнице
potápnice 		пота́пници
potápnici

Hyponyms

References

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