стършел

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Обикновен стършел (Vespa crabro)

Etymology

A variant of Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (“hornet”) (stem *sьršen-) + -ел (-el), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“hornet”). Cognate with dialectal Lithuanian širšlỹs.

Pronunciation

Noun

стъ́ршел • (stǎ́ršel) m

  1. hornet (pedatory wasp of genus Vespa, particularly Vespa crabro)
    Synonym: (in Western dialects) о́вад (óvad)

Declension

Declension of стъ́ршел
singular plural
indefinite стъ́ршел
stǎ́ršel 		стъ́ршели
stǎ́ršeli
definite
(subject form) 		стъ́ршелът
stǎ́ršelǎt 		стъ́ршелите
stǎ́ršelite
definite
(object form) 		стъ́ршела
stǎ́ršela
count form — стъ́ршела
stǎ́ršela
vocative form стъ́ршеле
stǎ́ršele 		стъ́ршели
stǎ́ršeli

Alternative forms

References

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