кълн

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlnъ, a n-derivative from lost **kъlti (cognate with Latvian kùlti (to prod, to knock), Latvian kult (to thresh)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɤɫn]

Noun

кълн • (kǎlnm

  1. germ
  2. sprout, scion

Declension

Declension of кълн
singular plural
indefinite кълн
kǎln
къ́лнове
kǎ́lnove
definite
(subject form)
къ́лнът
kǎ́lnǎt
къ́лновете
kǎ́lnovete
definite
(object form)
къ́лна
kǎ́lna
count form къ́лна
kǎ́lna
  • покълна pf (pokǎlna), покълвам impf (pokǎlvam, to germ)
  • кол (kol, stake, spike) (o-grade)

References

  • кълн”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кълн”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кълн”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 191