мравка

Bulgarian

насекомо мравка

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morvъka. Synchronically equivalent to (obsolete) мра́ва (mráva) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmrafkɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

мра́вка • (mrávka) f

1. feminine of мрав (mrav, “ant”)

   на мравката път прави

   na mravkata pǎt pravi

   he wouldn't say boo to a goose, he wouldn't hurt/harm a fly

Declension

Declension of мра́вка

	singular	plural
indefinite	мра́вка mrávka	мра́вки mrávki
definite	мра́вката mrávkata	мра́вките mrávkite
vocative form	мра́вко mrávko	мра́вки mrávki

Alternative forms

• мравя́ (mravjá), мрави́я (mravíja) — ja-stem, ī-stem

Derived terms

nouns

• (diminutive) мра́вче (mrávče)
• (diminutive) мра́вчица (mrávčica)

 

adjectives

• мра́вкин (mrávkin)
• мра́вчен (mrávčen)
• мра́вчи (mrávči)

 

Related terms

• мрав (mrav), мра́вей (mrávej), мраву́н (mravún), мравя́к (mravják) (masculine forms)
• мра́вица (mrávica), мра́вина (mrávina) (with suffixes -ица (-ica), -ина (-ina))

References

• “мравка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мравка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мра́вка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 84

Anagrams

• вкарам (vkaram)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morvъka, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-. Morphologically мрава (mrava) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmrafka]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: мрав‧ка

Noun

мравка • (mravka) f (plural мравки, relational adjective мравји, diminutive мравче)

1. ant
2. diminutive of мрава f (mrava)

Declension

Declension of мравка

	singular	plural
indefinite	мравка	мравки
definite unspecified	мравката	мравките
definite proximal	мравкава	мравкиве
definite distal	мравкана	мравкине
vocative	мравко	мравки