връзка

Bulgarian

Etymology

връ́з(вам) (vrǎ́z(vam)) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvrɤskɐ]

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Noun

връ́зка • (vrǎ́zka) f

1. tie
   1. lace (for footware)

      връ́зки на обу́вки ― vrǎ́zki na obúvki ― shoelaces

      връ́зки на боту́ши ― vrǎ́zki na botúši ― bootlaces

   2. connective string (of puppets)
2. link, bond
   1. (including in computing) connection, chain, linkage

      интернет-връзка ― internet-vrǎzka ― internet connection

   2. (technical) coupling, contact

      установявам връзка с ― ustanovjavam vrǎzka s ― to establish contact/link with

   3. (figurative) relationship, affair

      романтична връзка ― romantična vrǎzka ― romantic relationship

   4. (anatomy) ligament
   5. (chemistry) bond
3. (quantifier) bundle, pack
   1. quantity of objects held together in a bundle

      връзка магданоз ― vrǎzka magdanoz ― a bundle of parsley

   2. bunch of identical connected objects

      връзка банани ― vrǎzka banani ― a bunch of bananas

4. regard

   във връзка с ― vǎv vrǎzka s ― in regard to

Declension

Declension of връ́зка

	singular	plural
indefinite	връ́зка vrǎ́zka	връ́зки vrǎ́zki
definite	връ́зката vrǎ́zkata	връ́зките vrǎ́zkite

Derived terms

• вратовръ́зка (vratovrǎ́zka, “necktie”)

Related terms

• вързо́п (vǎrzóp, “bundle”)

References

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