девесил

Bulgarian
девесил

Alternative forms
  • девиси́л (devisíl) — dialectal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devęsilъ, literally "nine powers" (reflecting the plant's medicinal purposes).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dɛvɛˈsiɫ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation(key): де‧ве‧сил
  • Rhymes: -iɫ

Noun

девеси́л • (devesíl) m (uncountable)

  1. lovage (Levisticum officinale)
    Synonym: лющя́н (ljuštján)

Declension
Declension of девеси́л
singular
indefinite девеси́л
devesíl
definite
(subject form)		 девеси́лът
devesílǎt
definite
(object form)		 девеси́ла
devesíla

Descendants
  • → Romanian: Devesel, Deveselu

References
  • “девесил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “девесил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “девесил”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 331
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