шиле

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably of Oghur origin from Proto-Turkic *sīĺ (“wedge, tooth”) + -е (-e) (diminutive suffix). Compare Serbo-Croatian шѝљег (“male lamb”) (dialectal). Akin to the Turkish borrowing Bulgarian шиш (šiš, “skewer”) (Turkish şiş), Chuvash шăл (šăl, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃilɛ]

Noun

ши́ле • (šíle) n

1. year-old lamb (whose teeth have grown and has stopped breastfeeding)

Declension

Declension of ши́ле

	singular	plural
indefinite	ши́ле šíle	ши́лета šíleta
definite	ши́лето šíleto	ши́летата šíletata

See also

• а́гне (ágne, “lamb”) (general term)

References

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

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂɨlʲe]

Noun

ши́ле • (šíle) n inan

1. prepositional singular of ши́ло (šílo)