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]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -na
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

Etymology 2
Back-formed (with stress retraction) from the diminutive луни́ца (luníca, “small moon”) of Etymology 1.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɫunɐ]
Audio (file)
Noun
лу́на • (lúna) f (relational adjective луни́в or лу́нест)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “луна²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лу́на”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 24
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лу́на¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 508
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]
Audio (file)
Declension
Alternative forms
- лу́ня (lúnja) — dialectal
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
- улна (ulna), нула (nula)
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɫuna]
Noun
луна • (luna) f
- (rare, poetic) moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)
- Synonym: месечина (mesečina)
- 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
Declension
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | луна luna |
лунѣ luně |
лунꙑ luny |
Genitive | лунꙑ luny |
луну lunu |
лунъ lunŭ |
Dative | лунѣ luně |
лунама lunama |
лунамъ lunamŭ |
Accusative | лунѫ lunǫ |
лунѣ luně |
лунꙑ luny |
Instrumental | луноѭ lunojǫ |
лунама lunama |
лунами lunami |
Locative | лунѣ luně |
луну lunu |
лунахъ lunaxŭ |
Vocative | луно luno |
лунѣ luně |
лунꙑ luny |
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
Audio (file) - IPA(key): [ɫʊˈna]
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
луна́ • (luná) f inan (genitive луны́, nominative plural лу́ны, genitive plural лун, relational adjective лу́нный)
Declension
Synonyms
- ме́сяц (mésjac)
Derived terms
- луна́-ры́ба (luná-rýba)
- лунатизм (lunatizm)
- луна́тик (lunátik)
- лунатический (lunatičeskij)
- лунохо́д (lunoxód)
- новолу́ние (novolúnije)
- полнолу́ние (polnolúnije)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɫʊˈna]
Audio (file)
Declension
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “луна”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “луна”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)