желва
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *žely, *žьlva.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editже́лва • (žélva) f (diminutive же́лка)
- (dialectal) tortoise, turtle (reptile of order Testudines)
- Synonym: костену́рка (kostenúrka)
Usage notes
editBulgarian 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
editDeclension of же́лва
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editReferences
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), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editже̑лва̄ f (Latin spelling žȇlvā)
Declension
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- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian terms with audio links
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian nouns
- Bulgarian feminine nouns
- Bulgarian dialectal terms
- bg:Turtles
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Reptiles