лиляк
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlilʲɐk]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق, superseded in Modern Bulgarian by люляк (ljuljak).
Declension
Declension of ли́ляк
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | ли́ляк líljak |
ли́ляци líljaci |
definite (subject form) |
ли́лякът líljakǎt |
ли́ляците líljacite |
definite (object form) |
ли́ляка líljaka | |
count form | — | ли́ляка líljaka |
Related terms
- лилав (lilav, “purple”)
References
- “лиляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лиляк¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 403
Etymology 2
Probably from лил (lil, “membrane”) + -як (-jak) with a similar semantic basis as dialectal Russian кожа́н (kožán, “bat”) (from Russian ко́жа (kóža, “skin”)). Cognate with Macedonian лилјак (liljak, “bat”), Ukrainian ли́ли́к (lýlýk, “bat”), and loaned into Romanian liliac (“bat”).
Noun
ли́ляк • (líljak) m (diminutive ли́ляче)
- (dialectal) bat (flying mammel of order Chiroptera)
- Synonyms: (colloquial) сля́по пи́ле (sljápo píle), при́леп (prílep)
Declension
Declension of ли́ляк
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | ли́ляк líljak |
ли́ляци líljaci |
definite (subject form) |
ли́лякът líljakǎt |
ли́ляците líljacite |
definite (object form) |
ли́ляка líljaka | |
count form | — | ли́ляка líljaka |
Alternative forms
- ли́лек m (lílek), лилека́на f (lilekána)
References
- “лиляк²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лиляк²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 403
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “ли́лякъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 13
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