девесил
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- девиси́л (devisíl) — dialectal
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devęsilъ, literally "nine powers" (reflecting the plant's medicinal purposes).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɛvɛˈsiɫ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation(key): де‧ве‧сил
- Rhymes: -iɫ
Noun
девеси́л • (devesíl) m (uncountable)
- lovage (Levisticum officinale)
- Synonym: лющя́н (ljuštján)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | девеси́л devesíl |
| definite (subject form) |
девеси́лът devesílǎt |
| definite (object form) |
девеси́ла devesíla |
Descendants
References
- “девесил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “девесил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “девесил”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 331