гризач

Bulgarian

Etymology

From гри́за (gríza, “to gnaw”) +‎ -ач (-ač), akin to Russian грызу́н (gryzún).

Semantically a calque of Latin rōdēns (“one who gnaws”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡriˈzat͡ʃ]
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Noun

гриза́ч • (grizáč) m

  1. (literally) gnawer
    Synonyms: гложда́ч (gloždáč), (dialectal) джвака́ч (džvakáč)
  2. rodent (mammal of the order Rodentia)

Declension
Declension of гриза́ч
singular plural
indefinite гриза́ч
grizáč		 гриза́чи
grizáči
definite
(subject form)		 гриза́чът
grizáčǎt		 гриза́чите
grizáčite
definite
(object form)		 гриза́ча
grizáča
count form — гриза́ча
grizáča
vocative form гриза́чо
grizáčo		 гриза́чи
grizáči

Hypernyms

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