плъх

Bulgarian

плъх

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьlxъ.

Cognates of that term in other Slavic languages usually mean “dormouse”, while the word for “rat” is either from Proto-Slavic *krysa or *ščurъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɫɤx]

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Noun

плъх • (plǎh) m (feminine плъ́хка)

1. rat (rodent of genus Rattus)

   Synonym: патка́н (patkán)

2. (dialectal) vole, dormouse (large mouse-like rodent)

   во́ден плъх ― vóden plǎh ― water vole

3. (figurative) low skilled person; sycophant (of people)

   кни́жен плъх ― knížen plǎh ― bookworm

   канцела́рски плъх ― kancelárski plǎh ― quill-driver

Declension

Declension of плъх

	singular	plural
indefinite	плъх plǎh	плъ́хове plǎ́hove
definite (subject form)	плъ́хът plǎ́hǎt	плъ́ховете plǎ́hovete
definite (object form)	плъ́ха plǎ́ha
count form	—	плъ́ха plǎ́ha

Alternative forms

• пълх (pǎlh), полх (polh), пл̥х (pl̥h) — dialectal

Derived terms

• плъ́хче (plǎ́hče), плъхо́к (plǎhók), плъшо́к (plǎšók) (diminutive, colloquial)

See also

• плав (plav, “pale”) (possibly related)
• плах (plah, “timid”) (possibly related)

References

• “плъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “плъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “плъхъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 46
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 374