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въртоп

/[vɐrˈtɔp]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    whirlpool
  2. 2.
    dialectalnarrow infundibular formation, depression (landscape formation)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • въртопе́л
Synonyms
  • водовърте́ж
Related words (2)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъpъ. Attested with the meaning “cave, garden” in Old Church Slavonic врьтъпъ (vrĭtŭpŭ), whence Romanian Vârtop (toponym). By surface analysis, въ́ртя (vǎ́rtja, “to turn, to whirl”) + -оп (-op).

Forms

  • върто́пcanonical • masculine
  • vǎrtópromanization
  • върто́пindefinite • singular
  • върто́пиindefinite • plural
  • върто́пътdefinite • singular • subjective
  • върто́питеdefinite • plural • subjective
  • върто́паdefinite • objective • singular
  • върто́питеdefinite • objective • plural
  • -count-form • singular
  • върто́паcount-form • plural
  • връто́пalternative

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