стълп

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stъlpъ.

Noun

стълп • (stǎlp) m

1. post, foothold

   Synonyms: опора (opora), колона (kolona)

2. (dated) tower

   Synonym: кула (kula)

Declension

Declension of стълп

	singular	plural
indefinite	стълп stǎlp	стъ́лпове stǎ́lpove
definite (subject form)	стъ́лпът stǎ́lpǎt	стъ́лповете stǎ́lpovete
definite (object form)	стъ́лпа stǎ́lpa
count form	—	стъ́лпа stǎ́lpa

Alternative forms

• столп (stolp) — dialectal

Related terms

• стълб (stǎlb, “post, pillar”)
• стълпец (stǎlpec, “draft-pole (of ard plough)”)
• стълпотворение (stǎlpotvorenie, “pillory”)
  • ⇒ вавилонско стълпотворение (vavilonsko stǎlpotvorenie, “mob, disorganized crowd”) (in reference to the building of the Babylon tower)

References

• “стълп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стълп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 522