червило

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, червя́ (červjá, “to paint red, to put lipstick on”) +‎ -ло (-lo). Cognate with Macedonian црвило (crvilo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɛrˈviɫo]
• Hyphenation: чер‧ви‧ло

Noun

черви́ло • (červílo) n (diminutive черви́лце)

1. lipstick (usually red)

Declension

Declension of черви́ло

	singular	plural
indefinite	черви́ло červílo	червила́ červilá
definite	черви́лото červíloto	червила́та červiláta

Related terms

• бели́ло (belílo, “white paint”)

References

• “червило”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “червило”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010