небостъргач

Bulgarian
група небостъргачи

Etymology

Calque of English skyscraper, first attested during the 1930's. Morphologically parsable as небе (nebe, “sky”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ стърга́ч (stǎrgáč, “scraper”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nɛbostɐrˈɡat͡ʃ]

Noun

небостърга́ч • (nebostǎrgáč) m

  1. skyscraper (very high block building)

Declension
Declension of стърга́ч
singular plural
indefinite стърга́ч
stǎrgáč		 стърга́чи
stǎrgáči
definite
(subject form)		 стърга́чът
stǎrgáčǎt		 стърга́чите
stǎrgáčite
definite
(object form)		 стърга́ча
stǎrgáča
count form — стърга́ча
stǎrgáča

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