павит

Bulgarian

Съцветие на павит

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pavitь (“twining”). Identical to Old Church Slavonic павить (pavitĭ, “vine, rambler”). Morphologically formed as па- (pa-) +‎ вит (vit, “coiling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpavit]

Noun

па́вит • (pávit) m

1. old man's beard (Clematis vitalba)

   Synonym: (dialectal) скребър (skrebǎr)

Declension

Declension of па́вит

	singular
indefinite	па́вит pávit
definite (subject form)	па́витът pávitǎt
definite (object form)	па́вита pávita

Alternative forms

• па́вет (pávet), па́вят (pávjat)

Derived terms

• павита́к (paviták), павитля́к (pavitlják, “greater dodder”)

Related terms

• ви́я (víja, “to twine, to coil”)
• па́вой (pávoj, “coil, turning”) (dialectal)

References

• “павит”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “павит”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “павит”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 996

Macedonian

Noun

павит • (pavit) m

1. old man's beard

   Synonym: повит (povit)