лиляк
Bulgarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق, superseded in Modern Bulgarian by люляк (ljuljak).
Noun
editли́ляк • (líljak) m
Declension
editDeclension of ли́ляк
Related terms
edit- лилав (lilav, “purple”)
References
edit- “лиляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лиляк¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 403
Etymology 2
editProbably from лил (lil, “membrane”) + -як (-jak) with a similar semantic basis as dialectal Russian кожа́н (kožán, “bat”) (from Russian ко́жа (kóža, “skin”)). Cognate with Macedonian лилјак (liljak, “bat”), Ukrainian ли́ли́к (lýlýk, “bat”), and loaned into Romanian liliac (“bat”).
Noun
editли́ляк • (líljak) m (diminutive ли́ляче)
- (dialectal) bat (flying mammel of order Chiroptera)
- Synonyms: (colloquial) сля́по пи́ле (sljápo píle), при́леп (prílep)
Declension
editDeclension of ли́ляк
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “лиляк²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лиляк²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 403
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “ли́лякъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 13