къжел
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kǫželь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɤʒɛɫ]
Noun
къ́жел • (kǎ́žel) m (dialectal)
- distaff, spinning rock (particularly: the conical upper part where one attaches the fibres)
- Synonym: ху́рка (húrka)
- (by extension) pointy tool, awl
- (figurative, by similarity) conical mound, crag or other landform
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | къ́жел kǎ́žel |
къ́жели kǎ́želi |
| definite (subject form) |
къ́желът kǎ́želǎt |
къ́желите kǎ́želite |
| definite (object form) |
къ́жела kǎ́žela | |
| count form | — | къ́жела kǎ́žela |
Alternative forms
- къ́жель (kǎ́želʹ), ку́жель (kúželʹ) — in dialects where final -ь is preserved
- къ́жец (kǎ́žec) — with suffix -ец (-ec)
Derived terms
- къ́жлевка (kǎ́žlevka), къ́жльовка (kǎ́žljovka) (diminutive)
- къжли́ца (kǎžlíca, “waxwing”) (dialectal)
- къ́жлест (kǎ́žlest, “conical”) (dialectal)
See also
References
- “къжел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къжел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 183
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “кѫжель”, 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 444