олево
Bulgarian
Etymology
Colloquialized pronunciation of an earlier холево (holevo) (attested in dialectal Greek borrowings), from Proto-Slavic *xoľevo (“bandage, cover”).
In the modern language, the sense “sock, stocking” has been overtaken by the Turkish borrowing чора́п (čoráp).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔlɛvo]
Noun
о́лево • (ólevo) n (obsolete, dialectal)
- (historical) thick sock, stocking, footwrap
- coarse fabric used for sewing old-time socks or trousers
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | о́лево ólevo |
о́лева óleva |
| definite | о́левото ólevoto |
о́левата ólevata |
Alternative forms
- холево (holevo) — obsolete
- о́льово n (óljovo), о́люва f (óljuva) — dialectal
Derived terms
- олеви́ца (olevíca), олеви́чка (olevíčka, “sock”) (dialectal)
Related terms
- ха́лище (hálište), хали́на (halína, “rug, coarse fabric”) (possibly)
References
- “олеви”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “о́леви (мн.)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 357
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “олево”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 854