люляк

Bulgarian edit

Храст люляк

Alternative forms edit

ли́ляк (líljak), ли́лек (lílek)
лю́лек (ljúlek), люле́к (ljulék)
люляка f (ljuljaka) — Eastern dialects

Etymology edit

Derived from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق (leylak). The expected outcome is pricipally лилак (lilak) (attested dialectally), but in Bulgarian it has been reanalyzed under the influence of native люлея (ljuleja, “to rock”), люлка (ljulka, “swing”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈlʲu̟lʲɐk]

Noun edit

лю́ляк • (ljúljak) m (relational adjective лю́ляков)

lilac
(dialectal) ornament, adornment, lace

Declension edit

Declension of лю́ляк

	singular	plural
indefinite	лю́ляк ljúljak	лю́ляци ljúljaci
definite (subject form)	лю́лякът ljúljakǎt	лю́ляците ljúljacite
definite (object form)	лю́ляка ljúljaka	лю́ляците ljúljacite
count form	—	лю́ляка ljúljaka

Related terms edit

люлега (ljulega, “type of shrub”) (Banat Bulgarian)

References edit

“люляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“люляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “люляк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 579