лакът

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olkъtь. By surface analysis, (obsolescent) лак (lak) +‎ -ът (-ǎt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫakɐt]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):(file)
  • Rhymes: -akɐt
  • Syllabification(key): ла‧кът

Noun

ла́кът • (lákǎtm (relational adjective ла́кътен)

  1. elbow
  2. (dated) cubit (unit of measure)
    Synonym: (Turkism) арши́н (aršín)

Declension

Declension of ла́кът
singular plural
indefinite ла́кът
lákǎt
ла́кти
lákti
definite
(subject form)
ла́кътят
lákǎtjat
ла́ктите
láktite
definite
(object form)
ла́кътя
lákǎtja
count form ла́кътя
lákǎtja

Alternative forms

  • лакт (lakt)colloquial, contraction
  • ла́кат (lákat), ла́кать (lákatʹ)dialectal
  • ла́кет (láket), ла́кят (lákjat)Eastern dialects
  • ла́кот (lákot), ла́кекь (lákekʹ)Western dialects

Derived terms

nouns
  • (resultant nouns) лаку́тка (lakútka), лакъту́шка (lakǎtúška)
  • (instrumental noun) нала́кътник (nalákǎtnik)
verbs
  • (causative) лакътя́ (lakǎtjá), лаку́тя (lakútja) (dialectal)
  • (iterative) ла́цам (lácam, to dangle) (colloquial)
  • лак m (lak), ла́ко n (láko, ell, elbow) (dialectal, obsolescent)

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