гусла

Bulgarian
гусли от Сърбия и Черна Гора

Alternative forms
  • гъ́сла (gǎ́sla), гъ́сленик (gǎ́slenik) (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic гѫсли (gǫsli), from Proto-Slavic *gǫsli. Old Church Slavonic ѫ (ǫ) regularly gives Bulgarian ъ (ǎ), so it is believed that the form with у (u) originates from western lects.

See the Proto-Slavic reconstruction for cognates in other languages.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡusɫɐ]
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  • Syllabification(key): гу‧сла
  • Hyphenation(key): гус‧ла

Noun

гу́сла • (gúsla) f

  1. gusle, a single-stringed wooden musical instrument popular in Balkan folk music

Declension
Declension of гу́сла
singular plural
indefinite гу́сла
gúsla		 гу́сли
gúsli
definite гу́слата
gúslata		 гу́слите
gúslite

Derived terms
  • гусла́р (guslár, “gusle player”)

References
  • “гусла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “гусла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гусла”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 296

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫsli.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡusɫa]

Noun

гусла • (gusla) f (plural гусли)

  1. gusle
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