глен

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *glěnь (i-stem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡlɛn]

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Noun

глен • (glen) m (dialectal)

1. aquatic vegetation, water scum

   Synonym: жабуня́к (žabunják)

Declension

Declension of глен

	singular
indefinite	глен glen
definite (subject form)	гле́нът glénǎt
definite (object form)	гле́на gléna

Alternative forms

• глян (gljan) — Eastern dialects

Derived terms

• гленя́сам pf (glenjásam), гленя́свам impf (glenjásvam, “to overgrow with algae”) (of body of water or liquid container)

Related terms

• гли́на (glína, “clay”)
• гле́тав (glétav, “doughy”) (dialectal)

References

• “глен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “глѣнъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 73
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глен, глян”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 248