смил

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• смилъ (smil) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal (South-Slavic) Proto-Slavic *smiľь. Cognates include Serbo-Croatian сми̑љ, сми̑ље, Slovene smilj and Czech smil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smiɫ]

Noun

смил • (smil) m (uncountable)

1. dwarf everlast (Helichrysum arenarium)

   Synonyms: жълт смил (žǎlt smil), смин (smin)

Declension

Declension of смил

	singular
indefinite	смил smil
definite (subject form)	сми́лът smílǎt
definite (object form)	сми́ла smíla

References

• “смил”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “смилъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 203
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “смил”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 178-180