глен

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *glěnь (i-stem).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡlɛn]
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Noun

глен • (glen) m (dialectal)

  1. aquatic vegetation, water scum
    Synonym: жабуня́к (žabunják)

Declension
Declension of глен
singular
indefinite глен
glen
definite
(subject form)		 гле́нът
glénǎt
definite
(object form)		 гле́на
gléna

Alternative forms
  • глян (gljan) — Eastern dialects

Derived terms
  • гленя́сам pf (glenjásam), гленя́свам impf (glenjásvam, “to overgrow with algae”) (of body of water or liquid container)

References
  • “глен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “глѣнъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 73
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глен, глян”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 248
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