свирец
Appearance
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]сви́ря (svírja, “to whistle, to pipe, to play music”) + -ец (-ec)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]свире́ц • (sviréc) m (relational adjective сви́рцов)
- (literally) piper, music player
- (by extension) curlew (wader bird of genus Numenius)
- Synonym: (dialectal) навя́к (navják)
Declension
[edit]Declension of свире́ц
Hyponyms
[edit]- голя́м сви́рец (goljám svírec, “Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata”) (literally: great curlew)
- ма́лък сви́рец (málǎk svírec, “Eurasian whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus”) (literally: lesser curlew)
- тънкоклю́н сви́рец (tǎnkokljún svírec, “slender-billed whimbrel, Numenius tenuirostris”)
- дългоклю́н сви́рец (dǎlgokljún svírec, “long-billed whimbrel, Numenius americanus”)
Related terms
[edit]- дъждосви́рец (dǎždosvírec, “plover”)