къжел

Bulgarian

Къжел

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫželь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɤʒɛɫ]

Noun

къ́жел • (kǎ́žel) m (dialectal)

1. distaff, spinning rock (particularly: the conical upper part where one attaches the fibres)

   Synonym: ху́рка (húrka)

2. (by extension) pointy tool, awl
3. (figurative, by similarity) conical mound, crag or other landform

Declension

Declension of къ́жел

	singular	plural
indefinite	къ́жел kǎ́žel	къ́жели kǎ́želi
definite (subject form)	къ́желът kǎ́želǎt	къ́желите kǎ́želite
definite (object form)	къ́жела kǎ́žela
count form	—	къ́жела kǎ́žela

Alternative forms

• къ́жель (kǎ́želʹ), ку́жель (kúželʹ) — in dialects where final -ь is preserved
• къ́жец (kǎ́žec) — with suffix -ец (-ec)

Derived terms

• къ́жлевка (kǎ́žlevka), къ́жльовка (kǎ́žljovka) (diminutive)
• къжли́ца (kǎžlíca, “waxwing”) (dialectal)
• къ́жлест (kǎ́žlest, “conical”) (dialectal)

See also

• къде́ля (kǎdélja, “bundle of wool”)
• врете́но (vreténo), преде́но (predéno, “spindle”)

References

• “къжел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къжел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 183
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “кѫжель”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 444