живовляк

Bulgarian
голям живовляк

Etymology

By surface analysis, живов (živov, “lively”) +‎ -ляк (-ljak), superseding original жило́вляк (žilóvljak) < жи́ла (žíla, “tendon, plant's xylem”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʒiˈvɔvlʲɐk]
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Noun

живо́вляк • (živóvljak)

  1. plantain (plant of genus Plantago)

Declension
Declension of живо́вляк
singular plural
indefinite живо́вляк
živóvljak		 живо́вляци
živóvljaci
definite
(subject form)		 живо́влякът
živóvljakǎt		 живо́вляците
živóvljacite
definite
(object form)		 живо́вляка
živóvljaka
count form — живо́вляка
živóvljaka

Alternative forms
  • живо́влек (živóvlek)
  • жило́вляк (žilóvljak), жило́влек (žilóvlek) — obsolete

References
  • “живовляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “живовляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “живовляк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 541
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