охлюв
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Greek χοχλίας (chochlías), a dialectal variation of Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “snail”) (whence Old Church Slavonic кохль (koxlĭ), Latin cōchlea (“snail”)). Originally referring to the spiral shell of the snail, later generalized to mean the whole animal.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editо́хлюв • (óhljuv) m (relational adjective о́хлювен, diminutive о́хлювче)
Declension
editDeclension of о́хлюв
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
edit- охли́дка (ohlídka, “snail's shell”) (dialectal)
References
edit- “охлюв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “охлюв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “охлюв, охльо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 983