пуяк

Bulgarian
Пуещ се пуяк

Etymology

Agent noun from пу́я се (púja se, “to perk, to swank”) (dialectal) +‎ -як (-jak), literally meaning perker-bird. Compare Latin pāvō (“peafowl”) (whence Bulgarian пау́н (paún, “peecock”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpujɐk]

Noun

пу́як • (pújak) m (feminine пу́йка)

  1. turkey-cock (male turkey)

Declension
Declension of пу́як
singular plural
indefinite пу́як
pújak		 пу́яци
pújaci
definite
(subject form)		 пу́якът
pújakǎt		 пу́яците
pújacite
definite
(object form)		 пу́яка
pújaka
count form — пу́яка
pújaka
vocative form пу́яко
pújako		 пу́яци
pújaci

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

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