охлюв

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χοχλίας (chochlías), a dialectal variation of Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “snail”) (whence Old Church Slavonic кохль (koxlĭ), Latin cōchlea (“snail”)). Originally referring to the spiral shell of the snail, later generalized to mean the whole animal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɔxlʲo̟f]

Noun

о́хлюв • (óhljuv) m (relational adjective о́хлювен, diminutive о́хлювче)

(mollusk) snail (gastropod of genus Helix)
Synonyms: (dialectal) бухер (buher), (archaic) слима́к (slimák), (dialectal) пасо́к (pasók)

гол о́хлюв ― gol óhljuv ― slug (literally, “naked snail)”)
(anatomy) helix
(anatomy) cochlea

Declension

Declension of о́хлюв
	singular	plural
indefinite	о́хлюв óhljuv	о́хлюви óhljuvi
definite (subject form)	о́хлювът óhljuvǎt	о́хлювите óhljuvite
definite (object form)	о́хлюва óhljuva	о́хлювите óhljuvite
count form	—	о́хлюва óhljuva

Alternative forms

о́хльов (óhljov), о́хлев (óhlev)

Related terms

охли́дка (ohlídka, “snail's shell”) (dialectal)

References

“охлюв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“охлюв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “охлюв, охльо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 983