горчивка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formed as горчи́в (gorčív, “bitter”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡorˈt͡ʃifkɐ]

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Nomen

горчи́вка • (gorčívka) f

1. bitter substance
2. (dialectal) bitterling (fish of genus Rhodeus)
3. (dialectal) felwort (flower of genus Swertia)

Declension

Declension of горчи́вка

	singular	plural
indefinite	горчи́вка gorčívka	горчи́вки gorčívki
definite	горчи́вката gorčívkata	горчи́вките gorčívkite

Related terms

• горчивина (gorčivina), горчивост (gorčivost, “bitterness”)
• горчилка (gorčilka, “pungency, bitterness”)
• горчица (gorčica, “mustard”)

References

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