олево
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Colloquialized pronunciation of an earlier холево (holevo) (attested in dialectal Greek borrowings), from Proto-Slavic *xoľevo (“bandage, cover”).
In the modern language, the sense “sock, stocking” has been overtaken by the Turkish borrowing чора́п (čoráp).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
о́лево • (ólevo) n (obsolete, dialectal)
- (historical) thick sock, stocking, footwrap
- coarse fabric used for sewing old-time socks or trousers
Declension edit
Declension of о́лево
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References edit
- “олеви”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “о́леви (мн.)”, 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 357
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “олево”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 854