луна

See also: Луна

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лоуна (luna), from Proto-Slavic *luna. By surface analysis, луч (luč, ray of light) + -сна (-sna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫoˈna]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -na

Noun

луна́ • (luná) f (relational adjective лу́нен, diminutive луни́ца)

  1. moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)
    Synonym: месечи́на (mesečína)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
Declension

References

  • луна¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • луна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “луна́¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 509
белег лунички

Etymology 2

Back-formed (with stress retraction) from the diminutive луни́ца (luníca, small moon) of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫunɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

лу́на • (lúna) f (relational adjective луни́в or лу́нест)

  1. freckle, speckle, skin spot
    Synonym: (dialectal) пе́гла (pégla)
Declension
Derived terms

References

Etymology 3

Probably a resultant noun of lost Proto-Slavic *lu- (thrust, poke) + -на (-na), attested with s-mobile in Bulgarian хлу́я (hlúja, to raid, to charge in). If correct, then related to Serbo-Croatian олу́ја (whirlwind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫunɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

лу́на • (lúna) f (relational adjective лу́няв)

  1. (dialectal) strong gale, squall
Declension
Alternative forms

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лу́на⁴”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 508

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫuna]

Noun

луна • (luna) f

  1. (rare, poetic) moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)
    Synonym: месечина (mesečina)
  2. Alternative form of луња (lunja, thunderstorm)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /luˈnɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /luˈna/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /luˈna/
  • Hyphenation: лу‧на

Noun

луна (luna) f

  1. moon

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: луна́ (luná)
  • Ukrainian: луна́ (luná, echo)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “луна”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 54

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic луна (luna, moon), from Proto-Slavic *luna (moon).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ɫʊˈna]
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

луна́ • (luná) f inan (genitive луны́, nominative plural лу́ны, genitive plural лун, relational adjective лу́нный)

  1. moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫʊˈna]
  • (file)

Noun

луна́ • (luná) f inan (genitive луни́, uncountable)

  1. echo (reflected sound)

Declension

Further reading

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