желва
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *žely, *žьlva.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
же́лва • (žélva) f (diminutive же́лка)
- (dialectal) tortoise, turtle (reptile of order Testudines)
- Synonym: костену́рка (kostenúrka)
Usage notes edit
Bulgarian makes no implicit distinction between terrestrial and aquatic Testudines. If specification is needed, it is made explicitly:
- во́дна же́лва (vódna žélva, “aquatic turtle”)
- сухозе́мна же́лва (suhozémna žélva, “terrestrial turtle”)
Declension edit
Declension of же́лва
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “желва¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “желва¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
же̑лва̄ f (Latin spelling žȇlvā)