вител

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vitьlь, cognate with Old Church Slavonic витьль (vitĭlĭ), Macedonian вител (vitel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvitɛɫ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

ви́тел • (vítel) m

1. (dialectal) hook, coil, winding

   Synonyms: намо́тка (namótka), нави́вка (navívka)

Declension

Declension of ви́тел

	singular	plural
indefinite	ви́тел vítel	ви́тли vítli
definite (subject form)	ви́телят víteljat	ви́тлите vítlite
definite (object form)	ви́теля vítelja
count form	—	ви́теля vítelja

Related terms

• вит (vit, “coiled, wound”)
• витло́ (vitló, “axis of millstone, vint”) (dialectal)
• ви́тка (vítka, “braid, plait”) (dialectal)
  • ви́ткам (vítkam, “to twist, to bend”) (dialectal)
• ви́тва (vítva, “clematis”) (dialectal)
• ви́вка (vívka)
  • зави́вка (zavívka, “coverlet”)
  • нави́вка (navívka, “coil”)

References

• “вител”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вител”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 154

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvitɛɫ]

Noun

вител • (vitel) m

1. whirlwind
2. whirlpool, maelstrom

   Synonyms: вртеж m (vrtež), водовртеж m (vodovrtež), вир m (vir)

3. well pulley (for raising and lowering a pail)

Declension

Declension of вител

	singular	plural
indefinite	вител	вители
definite unspecified	вителот	вителите
definite proximal	вителов	вителиве
definite distal	вителон	вителине
vocative	вителе	вители
count form	—	витела