щръклица
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Американска щръклица (Dermatobia hominis)
Bulgarian
Etymology
щъ́ркам (štǎ́rkam), щръ́кля (štrǎ́klja, “to struck, to prick, to cause uneasiness”) + -ица (-ica)
Pronunciation
Noun
щръкли́ца • (štrǎklíca) f
- botfly, gadfly, warble fly (dipteran insect of family Oestridae)
- Synonyms: ско́тска муха́ (skótska muhá), (larva stage) въгаре́ц (vǎgaréc)
Declension
Declension of щръкли́ца
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | щръкли́ца štrǎklíca |
щръкли́ци štrǎklíci |
| definite | щръкли́цата štrǎklícata |
щръкли́ците štrǎklícite |
| vocative form | щръкли́це štrǎklíce |
щръкли́ци štrǎklíci |
Related terms
- щръкле́я impf (štrǎkléja), пощръкля́вам pf (poštrǎkljávam, “to catch/get struck by warble flies”)
- щръкле́ц (štrǎkléc, “horsefly”) (dialectal)
- щръкло́ (štrǎkló, “infuriation, irritation, uneasiness”) (dialectal)
- щърк (štǎrk), щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel, “stork”) (bird)
References
- “щръклица”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “щръклица”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “щръкли́ца”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 598