петел

Bulgarian

Петел (птица)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛˈtɛɫ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic пѣтьлъ (pětĭlŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pětьlъ, originally meaning “singer”.

Noun

пете́л • (petél) m (diminutive петле́)

1. rooster, cock (male gallinaceous bird of genus Gallus)

   Synonyms: кокош (kokoš), (dialectal) кур (kur)

2. (figurative) cocking handle of shotguns

   Synonyms: чукче́ (čukčé), у́дарник (údarnik), (dialectal) чакма́к (čakmák)

Declension

Declension of пете́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	пете́л petél	петли́ petlí
definite (subject form)	пете́лът petélǎt	петли́те petlíte
definite (object form)	пете́ла petéla
count form	—	пете́ла petéla
vocative form	пе́тльо pétljo	петли́ petlí

Related terms

• певе́ц (pevéc), пева́ч (peváč, “singer”)

References

• “петел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “петел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “петел¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 195

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *petьlъ (“loop, knot”).

Noun

пете́л • (petél) m

1. ornament (on а ritual bread)

   Synonyms: укра́са (ukrása), орнаме́нт (ornamént)

2. (dialectal) hook, picklock

Declension

Declension of пете́л

	singular	plural
indefinite	пете́л petél	петли́ petlí
definite (subject form)	пете́лът petélǎt	петли́те petlíte
definite (object form)	пете́ла petéla
count form	—	пете́ла petéla

Derived terms

• пете́лка (petélka, “snare, loose”)

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “петелка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 198

Anagrams

• пелте (pelte), петле (petle)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pětьlъ, from *pěti (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtɛɫ]
• Hyphenation: пе‧тел

Noun

петел • (petel) m (plural петли, feminine кокошка, relational adjective петлов, diminutive петле or петленце, augmentative петлиште)

1. rooster, cock

Declension

Declension of петел

	singular	plural
indefinite	петел	петли
definite unspecified	петелот	петлите
definite proximal	петелов	петливе
definite distal	петелон	петлине
vocative	петелу	петли
count form	—	петела

Derived terms

• (verbs): се петели impf (se peteli), се испетели pf (se ispeteli), се попетели pf (se popeteli)
• (noun): задрипетле n (zadripetle)

See also

• кукурика impf (kukurika)／кукурига impf (kukuriga)

References

• “петел” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu