карцер

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ка́рцер (kárcer) or German Karzer; ultimately from Latin carcer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkart͡sɛr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation^(key): кар‧цер

Noun

ка́рцер • (kárcer) m

1. small unlit detention cell in a prison or military barracks, for temporary, usually solitary confinement
2. the punishment of spending time in such a detention cell

   Дадоха ми 4 дена ка́рцер заради една кавга.

   Dadoha mi 4 dena kárcer zaradi edna kavga.

   They gave me 4 days of solitary confinement because I was in an argument.

Declension

Declension of ка́рцер

	singular	plural
indefinite	ка́рцер kárcer	ка́рцери kárceri
definite (subject form)	ка́рцерът kárcerǎt	ка́рцерите kárcerite
definite (object form)	ка́рцера kárcera
count form	—	ка́рцера kárcera

References

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

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carcer via German Karzer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkart͡sɨr]

Noun

ка́рцер • (kárcer) m inan (genitive ка́рцера, nominative plural ка́рцеры, genitive plural ка́рцеров)

1. lockup; punishment cell; sweatbox, isolation ward

Declension

Declension of ка́рцер (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ка́рцер kárcer	ка́рцеры kárcery
genitive	ка́рцера kárcera	ка́рцеров kárcerov
dative	ка́рцеру kárceru	ка́рцерам kárceram
accusative	ка́рцер kárcer	ка́рцеры kárcery
instrumental	ка́рцером kárcerom	ка́рцерами kárcerami
prepositional	ка́рцере kárcere	ка́рцерах kárcerax