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ябълка на раздора

/[ˈja̟bɐɫkɐ nɐ rɐzˈdɔrɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    apple of discord

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μῆλον τῆς Ἔριδος (mêlon tês Éridos, “Eridian apple”), but the Bulgarian appears to have been calqued from some other language in which the translation "apple of discord" was already in use. By surface analysis, я́бълка (jábǎlka, “apple”) + на (na, “of”) + раздо́ра (razdóra, “discord”, definite form of раздо́р (razdór)).

Forms

  • я́бълка на раздо́раcanonical • feminine
  • jábǎlka na razdóraromanization
  • я́бълка на раздо́раindefinite • singular
  • я́бълки на раздо́раindefinite • plural
  • я́бълката на раздо́раdefinite • singular
  • я́бълките на раздо́раdefinite • plural

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