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ботур

/[ˈbɔtor]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    spur, sprig (plant's shoot before stiffening)
  2. 2.
    derogatorybore, dullhead (boring, dull person)

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
Related words (4)
  • бъ́тво
  • буте́я
  • бу́рен
  • бу́на

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *boturь (“plant stem, sprout”), syntactically parseable as боте́я (botéja, “to grow, to flourish”) (dialectal) + -ур (-ur). Related via another vowel grade to dialectal Russian бата́рь (batárʹ, “weed”) and via another suffix to Russian боту́н (botún, “altai onion”). For the semantic development, compare the akin Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“shoot, sprout”) → English beam.

Forms

  • бо́турcanonical • masculine
  • bóturromanization
  • бо́турчеdiminutive
  • бо́турindefinite • singular
  • бо́туриindefinite • plural
  • бо́турътdefinite • singular • subjective
  • бо́туритеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • бо́тураdefinite • objective • singular
  • бо́туритеdefinite • objective • plural
  • -count-form • singular
  • бо́тураcount-form • plural
  • бо́торalternative • dialectal

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