вител

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vitьlь, cognate with Old Church Slavonic витьль (vitĭlĭ), Macedonian вител (vitel).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvitɛɫ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

ви́тел • (vítel) m

(dialectal) hook, coil, winding
Synonyms: намо́тка (namótka), нави́вка (navívka)

Declension

Declension of ви́тел
	singular	plural
indefinite	ви́тел vítel	ви́тли vítli
definite (subject form)	ви́телят víteljat	ви́тлите vítlite
definite (object form)	ви́теля vítelja	ви́тлите vítlite
count form	—	ви́теля vítelja

Related terms

ви́вка (vívka)
- зави́вка (zavívka, “coverlet”)
- нави́вка (navívka, “coil”)
вит (vit, “coiled, wound”)
ви́тва (vítva, “clematis”) (dialectal)
ви́тка (vítka, “braid, plait”) (dialectal)
- ви́ткам (vítkam, “to twist, to bend”) (dialectal)
витло́ (vitló, “axis of millstone, vint”) (dialectal)

References

“вител”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вител”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 154

Macedonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvitɛɫ]

Noun

вител • (vitel) m

whirlwind
whirlpool, maelstrom
Synonyms: вртеж m (vrtež), водовртеж m (vodovrtež), вир m (vir)
well pulley (for raising and lowering a pail)

Declension

Declension of *вител*
	singular	plural
indefinite	вител (vitel)	вители (viteli)
definite unspecified	вителот (vitelot)	вителите (vitelite)
definite proximal	вителов (vitelov)	вителиве (vitelive)
definite distal	вителон (vitelon)	вителине (viteline)
vocative	вителе (vitele)	вители (viteli)
count form	—	витела (vitela)