кракатица
Bulgarian
Etymology
The base concept is крака́т (“long-legged, having legs”), from крак (krak, “limb, leg of an aquatic animal”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [krɐˈkatit͡sɐ]
- Rhymes: -atit͡sɐ
- Syllabification(key): кра‧ка‧ти‧ца
Noun
крака́тица • (krakática) f (dialectal)
- cuttlefish
- Synonym: (standard) сепия (sepija)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | крака́тица krakática |
крака́тици krakátici |
| definite | крака́тицата krakáticata |
крака́тиците krakáticite |
Descendants
- Romanian caracatiță (“octopus”)
- Serbo-Croatian karakatnica (“octopus”)
- Ukrainian каракатиця (“cuttlefish”)
- Russian карака́тица (“cuttlefish”)
- Czech krakatice (“squid”).
References
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кракатица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 712