корем

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic корьмъ (korĭmŭ), viewed by (some) Bulgarian scholars as a Proto-Bulghar archaism of Oghur origin. Cognate with Chuvash хырăм (hyrăm), Turkish karın, Kazakh қарын (qaryn), Uzbek qorin (with rounding of proto-Turkic *a > proto-Oghur *o). According to Miklosich, borrowed or elsewise related to the Turkic words.

According to Berneker, borrowed from a Balkan dialect, probably originally as a plurale tantum корми́ pl (kormí), later back-formed to коре́м sg (korém). The origin of the word is speculated to be Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk”). Compare also Albanian kurm (“body”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [koˈrɛm]
Audio: (file)

Noun

коре́м • (korém) m (relational adjective коре́мен, diminutive коре́мче)

abdomen, midriff, belly, tummy
Synonyms: търбу́х (tǎrbúh), шкембе́ (škembé), (dialectal) тумба́к (tumbák), пу́здра (púzdra)
(informal) stomach
Synonym: стома́х (stomáh)

Declension

Declension of коре́м

	singular	plural
indefinite	коре́м korém	коре́ми, корми́¹ korémi, kormí¹
definite (subject form)	коре́мът korémǎt	коре́мите, корми́те¹ korémite, kormíte¹
definite (object form)	коре́ма koréma	коре́мите, корми́те¹ korémite, kormíte¹
count form	—	коре́ма koréma

¹Dialectal.

Derived terms

ко́рмя (kórmja, “to gut”)
коре́мест (korémest, “ventral”)
корму́шка (kormúška, “belly”) (dialectal)

References

“корем”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“корем”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “корем”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 633