катерица
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обикновена катерица
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, кате́ря (katérja, “to climb”) + -ица (-ica), probably of peripheral proto-Slavic origin or borrowed from Thracian. Cognate with Albanian ketër (“squirrel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́терица • (káterica) f (masculine ка́теричок, diminutive ка́теричка)
- squirrel (rodent of family Sciuridae)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) верве́рица (vervérica), ве́верица (véverica)
Declension
Declension of ка́терица
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ка́терица káterica |
ка́терици káterici |
| definite | ка́терицата kátericata |
ка́териците kátericite |
| vocative form | ка́терице káterice |
ка́терици káterici |
Related terms
- катера́ч m (kateráč), катера́чка f (kateráčka, “climber”)
References
- “катерица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “катерица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “ка́терица”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 352
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “катерица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 271
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
катерица • (katerica) f
Declension
Declension of катерица
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | катерица | катерици |
| definite unspecified | катерицата | катериците |
| definite proximal | катерицава | катерициве |
| definite distal | катерицана | катерицине |
| vocative | катерицо | катерици |
Further reading
- “катерица” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu