Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ

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Noun

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плевел (plevelm

  1. weed (undesirable plant)

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Плевел опьяняющий (Lolium temulentum)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic плѣвелъ (plěvelŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ. Displaced половелъ (polovelŭ), the East Slavic form.

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пле́вел (plévelm inan (genitive пле́вела, nominative plural пле́велы, genitive plural пле́вел or пле́велов)

  1. darnel, cockle (Lolium)
  2. (literary, figurative, in the plural) tares, weeds
    отделя́ть зёрна от пле́веловotdeljátʹ zjórna ot plévelovto separate the wheat from the chaff

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