Noun: тенис на маса
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Definite
| Singular | те́нисът на ма́са; те́ниса на ма́са |
| Singular | ténisăt na mása; ténisa na mása |
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Etymology
1. From те́нис (ténis, “tennis”) + на (na, “on”) + ма́са (mása, “table”), literally “tennis on a table”. Ultimately, derived from English table tennis, as the sport was invented in Britain. Possibly a calque of the English.
2. Compare also Portuguese tênis de mesa, Catalan tennis de taula, where the translations use words meaning “of”, rather than “on”—as in Bulgarian. See: English Nouns '
table tennis', Portuguese Nouns '
tênis de mesa', Catalan Nouns '
tennis de taula'.
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