сюнгер

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Bulgarian

Средиземноморски сюнгер (Spongia officinalis)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سونگر (süñger, “sponge”) (whence Turkish sünger), a reflex of Byzantine Greek σφουγγάριον (sphoungárion). Distantly akin to native Bulgarian гъ́ба (gǎ́ba, “fungus”).

Pronunciation

Noun

сю́нгер • (sjúnger) m

  1. (dialectal) sea sponge (asymetric basal animal of family Spongiidae)
    Synonym: во́дна гъ́ба (vódna gǎ́ba)

Declension

Declension of сю́нгер
singular plural
indefinite сю́нгер
sjúnger 		сю́нгери
sjúngeri
definite
(subject form) 		сю́нгерът
sjúngerǎt 		сю́нгерите
sjúngerite
definite
(object form) 		сю́нгера
sjúngera
count form — сю́нгера
sjúngera

References

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