девесил
Bulgarian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devęsilъ, literally "nine powers" (reflecting the plant's medicinal purposes).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
девеси́л • (devesíl) m (uncountable)
- lovage (Levisticum officinale)
- Synonym: лющя́н (ljuštján)
Declension edit
Declension of девеси́л
singular | |
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indefinite | девеси́л devesíl |
definite (subject form) |
девеси́лът devesílǎt |
definite (object form) |
девеси́ла devesíla |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “девесил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “девесил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “девесил”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 331