зъб

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• зѫбъ (zǫb) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɤp]

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Noun

зъб • (zǎb) m (diminutive зъбе́ц)

1. tooth, tusk, fang
2. prong, tine, tooth, cog

   Synonym: зъбец (zǎbec)

Declension

	singular	plural
indefinite	зъб zǎb	зъ́би, зъби́1 zǎ́bi, zǎbí1
definite (subject form)	зъбъ́т zǎbǎ́t	зъ́бите, зъби́те1 zǎ́bite, zǎbíte1
definite (object form)	зъба́ zǎbá
count form	—	зъ́ба zǎ́ba
vocative form	зъ́бе zǎ́be	зъ́би, зъби́1 zǎ́bi, zǎbí1

Declension of зъб

¹Colloquial.

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549

Anagrams

• бъз (bǎz)