свирец

Bulgarian

Голям свирец

Малък свирец

Etymology

сви́ря (svírja, “to whistle, to pipe, to play music”) +‎ -ец (-ec)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sviˈrɛt͡s]

Noun

свире́ц • (sviréc) m (relational adjective сви́рцов)

1. (literally) piper, music player
2. (by extension) curlew (wader bird of genus Numenius)

   Synonym: (dialectal) навя́к (navják)

Declension

Declension of свире́ц

	singular	plural
indefinite	свире́ц sviréc	свирци́ svircí
definite (subject form)	свире́цът svirécǎt	свирци́те svircíte
definite (object form)	свире́ца sviréca
vocative form	свире́цо sviréco	свирци́ svircí

Hyponyms

• 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

• дъждосви́рец (dǎždosvírec, “plover”)

References

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