лющян

Bulgarian

FWOTD – 28 October 2023

лющян

Alternative forms

• леощя́н (leoštján)
• левущя́н (levuštján), левуща́н (levuštán), луща́нь (luštánʹ) — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian leuștean, from Late Latin levisticum, from Latin ligusticum, from Ancient Greek λῐγῠστῐκόν (ligustikón, “bastard lovage”), from Λῐγῠστῐκός (Ligustikós, “Ligurian”). Compare Hungarian lestyán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲo̟ʃˈtʲa̟n]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation^(key): лю‧щян

Noun

лющя́н • (ljuštján) m (uncountable, dialectal)

1. lovage (Levisticum officinale)

   Synonym: девеси́л (devesíl)

   • 2020 September 17, Диана Иванова [Diana Ivanova], “Отглеждане на девесил в градината [Growing Lovage in the Garden]”, in Kaktus.bg‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-03-29:

     Девесилът (Levisticum officinale) е растение от семейство Сенникоцветни, известен още с народните имена лющян, селим, селем и др.

     Devesilǎt (Levisticum officinale) e rastenie ot semejstvo Sennikocvetni, izvesten ošte s narodnite imena ljuštjan, selim, selem i dr.

     Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a plant of the Apiales order, also known by [Bulgarian] traditional names such as ljuštjan, selim, selem and others.

Declension

Declension of лющя́н

	singular
indefinite	лющя́н ljuštján
definite (subject form)	лющя́нът ljuštjánǎt
definite (object form)	лющя́на ljuštjána

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лущань”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 532