въглен

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • въ́гъл (vǎ́gǎl)
  • я́глен (jáglen) dialectal
  • у́глен (úglen) dialectal

Etymology

From въ́гъл (vǎ́gǎl) + -ен (-en), from Proto-Slavic *ǫglь, originally only an adjective.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɤɡlɛn]
  • (file)

Adjective

въ́глен • (vǎ́glen) (abstract noun въ́глен)

  1. (relational) charcoal

Declension

Noun

въ́глен • (vǎ́glen) m (relational adjective въ́глен or въ́гленов, diminutive въ́гленче)

  1. charcoal
  2. ember
    Synonym: кюмюр (kjumjur)
  3. (colloquial) graphite

Declension

Derived terms

  • овъглявам (ovǎgljavam, to get burned)
  • въглясам (vǎgljasam, to become coal)
  • въглерод (vǎglerod, carbon)

References

  • въглен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въглен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 201
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