люляк
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- ли́ляк (líljak), ли́лек (lílek)
- лю́лек (ljúlek), люле́к (ljulék)
- люляка f (ljuljaka) — Eastern dialects
Etymology
Derived from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق (leylak). The expected outcome is principally лилак (lilak) (attested dialectally), but in Bulgarian it has been reanalyzed under the influence of native люлея (ljuleja, “to rock”), люлка (ljulka, “swing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlʲu̟lʲɐk]
Noun
лю́ляк • (ljúljak) m (relational adjective лю́ляков)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | лю́ляк ljúljak |
лю́ляци ljúljaci |
| definite (subject form) |
лю́лякът ljúljakǎt |
лю́ляците ljúljacite |
| definite (object form) |
лю́ляка ljúljaka | |
| count form | — | лю́ляка ljúljaka |
Related terms
- люлега (ljulega, “type of shrub”) (Banat Bulgarian)
References
- “люляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “люляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “люляк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 579