желва

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɛɫvɐ]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žely (v-stem). Doublet forms reflect *žьlva, with 0-grade generalized from the old oblique stem.

же́лва • (žélva) f (diminutive же́лка)

1. (dialectal) tortoise, turtle (reptile of order Testudines)

   Synonym: костену́рка (kostenúrka)

• жъ́лва (žǎ́lva) — dialectal

• желвеница (želvenica) (obsolete)
  • → живеница (živenica, “scrofula”) (type of skin disease)

• “желва¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “же́лва”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 15
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “желва¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532

Substantivized from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ (“yellowish”) + -а (-a). Probably unrelated to Etymology 1.

же́лва • (žélva) f (diminutive же́лка)

1. (dialectal) yellowhammer (passarine bird of genus Emberiza citrinella)

   Synonyms: жълту́рка (žǎltúrka), жъ́лта овеса́рка (žǎ́lta ovesárka)

• жълт (žǎlt, “yellow”)

• “желва²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “желва²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʒêːlʋaː/
• Hyphenation: жел‧ва

же̑лва̄ f (Latin spelling žȇlvā)

1. sea turtle