зейтин
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زیتین (zeytin), from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɛjˈtin]
Audio: (file)
Noun
зейти́н • (zejtín) m
- alternative form of зехти́н (zehtín, “olive oil”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | зейти́н zejtín |
зейти́ни zejtíni |
| definite (subject form) |
зейти́нът zejtínǎt |
зейти́ните zejtínite |
| definite (object form) |
зейти́на zejtína | |
| count form | — | зейти́на zejtína |
References
- “зейтин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “зейтин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зехти́н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 637
- “зейтин”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 276