невен
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nevěnъ, a conflation of two synonymous stems:
- Deverbal from не- (ne-) + *vędnǫti (“to fade, to wither”).
- Contraction of не- (ne-) + *věxanъ (“contorted, buckled”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛvɛn]
- IPA(key): [nɛˈvɛn]
Noun
не́вен or неве́н • (néven or nevén) m
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | не́вен néven |
| definite (subject form) |
не́венът névenǎt |
| definite (object form) |
не́вена névena |
Alternative forms
- невя́н (nevján), левя́н (levján) — nonstandard
- неве́хан (nevéhan) — obsolete, full form
Derived terms
nouns
- не́венец (névenec)
- не́венуга (névenuga)
Related terms
- наве́хна pf (navéhna), навя́хвам impf (navjáhvam, “to sprain, to wrick”)
References
- “невен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “невен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “не́вѧнъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 258
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “невен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 586
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛvɛn]
Noun
невен • (neven) m