бухал

Bulgarian

Бухал

Alternative forms

• бух (buh), буф (buf) — dialectal

Etymology

From бу́хам (búham, “to hoot”) +‎ -ал (-al), with the same suffix as Bulgarian чу́хал (čúhal, “scops owl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuxɐɫ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

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• Rhymes: -uxɐɫ
• Syllabification^(key): бу‧хал

Noun

бу́хал • (búhal) m (diminutive бу́хльо)

1. eagle owl (bird of genus Bubo bubo)

   Synonym: (dialectal) бу́ляк (búljak)

Declension

Declension of бу́хал

	singular	plural
indefinite	бу́хал búhal	бу́хали búhali
definite (subject form)	бу́халът búhalăt	бу́халите búhalite
definite (object form)	бу́хала búhala
count form	—	бу́хала búhala
vocative form	бу́хале1 búhale1	бу́хали búhali

¹Poetic.

References

• “бухал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бухал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuxəɫ]

Verb

бу́хал • (búxal)

1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of бу́хать (búxatʹ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈxaɫ]

Verb

буха́л • (buxál)

1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of буха́ть (buxátʹ)