поборник

Bulgarian

Etymology

The primary meaning is borrowed from Russian побо́рник (pobórnik), morphologically equivalent to побо́ря (pobórja, “to fight off, to wrestle”) +‎ -ник (-nik)

Noun

побо́рник • (pobórnik) m

1. partisan (fervent supporter)
2. (literary) fighter, combatant

Declension

Declension of побо́рник

	singular	plural
indefinite	побо́рник pobórnik	побо́рници pobórnici
definite (subject form)	побо́рникът pobórnikǎt	побо́рниците pobórnicite
definite (object form)	побо́рника pobórnika
vocative form	побо́рнико pobórniko	побо́рници pobórnici

Related terms

• боре́ц (boréc, “wrestler”)
• боря́к (borják, “champion”)
• борба́ (borbá, “fight, struggle”)

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔbɔrnik]

Noun

поборник • (pobornik) m

1. fighter, partisan

Declension

Declension of поборник

	singular	plural
indefinite	поборник (pobornik)	поборници (pobornici)
definite unspecified	поборникот (pobornikot)	поборниците (pobornicite)
definite proximal	поборников (pobornikov)	поборнициве (pobornicive)
definite distal	поборникон (pobornikon)	поборницине (pobornicine)
vocative	поборнику (poborniku)	поборници (pobornici)
count form	—	поборника (pobornika)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поборьникъ (poborĭnikŭ), from поборати (poborati, “to help in a struggle, to protect”), from борь (borĭ, “struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈbornʲɪk]

Noun

побо́рник • (pobórnik) m anim (genitive побо́рника, nominative plural побо́рники, genitive plural побо́рников)

1. partisan (fervent supporter)

Declension

Declension of побо́рник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	побо́рник pobórnik	побо́рники pobórniki
genitive	побо́рника pobórnika	побо́рников pobórnikov
dative	побо́рнику pobórniku	побо́рникам pobórnikam
accusative	побо́рника pobórnika	побо́рников pobórnikov
instrumental	побо́рником pobórnikom	побо́рниками pobórnikami
prepositional	побо́рнике pobórnike	побо́рниках pobórnikax

Related terms

• борьба́ (borʹbá)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Russian побо́рник (pobórnik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒboːrniːk/
• Hyphenation: по‧бор‧ник

Noun

по̀бо̄рнӣк m (Latin spelling pòbōrnīk)

1. partisan (fervent supporter)

Declension

Declension of поборник

	singular	plural
nominative	поборник	поборници
genitive	поборника	поборника
dative	поборнику	поборницима
accusative	поборника	поборнике
vocative	поборниче	поборници
locative	поборнику	поборницима
instrumental	поборником	поборницима

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поборьникъ (poborĭnikŭ), from поборати (poborati, “to help in a struggle, to protect”), from борь (borĭ, “struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈbɔrnek]

• Audio:

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Noun

побо́рник • (pobórnyk) m pers (genitive побо́рника, nominative plural побо́рники, genitive plural побо́рників)

1. (literary) partisan (fervent supporter)

Declension

Declension of побо́рник (pers velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	побо́рник pobórnyk	побо́рники pobórnyky
genitive	побо́рника pobórnyka	побо́рників pobórnykiv
dative	побо́рникові, побо́рнику pobórnykovi, pobórnyku	побо́рникам pobórnykam
accusative	побо́рника pobórnyka	побо́рників pobórnykiv
instrumental	побо́рником pobórnykom	побо́рниками pobórnykamy
locative	побо́рникові, побо́рнику pobórnykovi, pobórnyku	побо́рниках pobórnykax
vocative	побо́рнику pobórnyku	побо́рники pobórnyky

Related terms

• боротьба́ (borotʹbá)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “побо́рник”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “побо́рник”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN