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жерка

/[ˈʒɛrkɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    gizzard, gastric mill (part of the digestive tract of birds and other archosaurs)
  2. 2.
    archaicdialectalmillstone

Etymology

From an earlier *жернка (*žernka), a diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *žьrny (“millstone”) + -ка (-ka).

Forms

  • же́ркаcanonical • feminine
  • žérkaromanization
  • же́ркаindefinite • singular
  • же́ркиindefinite • plural
  • же́ркатаdefinite • singular
  • же́ркитеdefinite • plural
  • дже́ркаalternative

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