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група небостъргачи

Etymology

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Calque of English skyscraper, first attested during the 1930's. Morphologically parsable as небе (nebe, sky) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ стърга́ч (stǎrgáč, scraper).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nɛbostɐrˈɡat͡ʃ]

Noun

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небостърга́ч (nebostǎrgáčm

  1. skyscraper (very high block building)

Declension

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References

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