brki

Slovene

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə́rki/

Noun

bȓki m pl

1. moustache (hair on upper lip)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bŕki
genitive	bŕkov
	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bŕki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bŕkov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bŕkom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bŕke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bŕkih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bŕki

Further reading

• “brki”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “brki”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references