палав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formally from Proto-Slavic *palavъ (igniting), with semantic shift igniting → energetic → playful. Morphologically equivalent to па́ля (pálja, to ignite) + -ав (-av).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaɫɐf]

Adjective

па́лав • (pálav) (abstract noun па́лавост)

  1. playful, restless (for children)

Declension

Derived terms

  • па́лавник m (pálavnik), па́лавница (pálavnica, playful kid, brat)

References

  • палав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • палав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaɫaf]
  • Hyphenation: па‧лав

Adjective

палав • (palav) (comparative попалав, superlative најпалав, abstract noun палавост or палавштина)

  1. playful, restless, fidgety (primarily used to describe children and animals)
  2. (folk poetic) crazy, mindless

Declension

References

  • палав” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Tajik

Noun

Dari پلو
Iranian Persian
Tajik палав

палав • (palav)

  1. pilaf (a dish of boiled rice then steamed with other ingredients)

Inflection

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