желна
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žьlna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒɛɫnɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
же́лна • (žélna) m
- (dialectal) green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
- Synonym: зеле́н кълва́ч (zelén kǎlváč)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | же́лна žélna |
же́лни žélni |
| definite | же́лната žélnata |
же́лните žélnite |
| vocative form | же́лно žélno |
же́лни žélni |
Alternative forms
- жъ́лна (žǎ́lna) — dialectal
Related terms
- жи́ло (žílo, “stinger”)
References
- “желна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “же́лна”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 15
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlna (“green woodpecker”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gilˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʐɨɫˈna]
Noun
желна́ • (želná) f anim (genitive желны́, nominative plural желны́, genitive plural жёлн)
Declension
Declension of желна́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-b)
Descendants
- → Southern Yukaghir: шолнаа (šolnā)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “желна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “желна”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.