люляк
Bulgarian
editAlternative forms
edit- ли́ляк (líljak), ли́лек (lílek)
- лю́лек (ljúlek), люле́к (ljulék)
- люляка f (ljuljaka) — Eastern dialects
Etymology
editDerived 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
editNoun
editлю́ляк • (ljúljak) m (relational adjective лю́ляков)
Declension
editDeclension of лю́ляк
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), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 579