черен

See also: чёрен

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic чрьнъ (črĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛrɛn]
  • (file)

Adjective

че́рен • (čéren) (adverb че́рно)

  1. black
    че́рен пиперčéren piperblack pepper
  2. gloomy

Declension

Alternative forms

  • църн (cǎrn), църен (cǎren) dialectal
  • чирен (čiren) dialectal
  • чер (čer) contracted, colloquial
  • чернея (černeja, to darken, to dye black)
  • черница (černica, mulberry)

See also

Colors in Bulgarian · цветове (cvetove) (layout · text)
     бял (bjal)      сив (siv), сяр (sjar), сур (sur), грив (griv)      черен (čeren), вран (vran), вакъл (vakǎl), смугъл (smugǎl)
             ален (alen); червен (červen), румен (rumen), риж (riž); багър (bagǎr)              оранжев (oranžev), гранив (graniv), руд (rud); кафяв (kafjav), смядов (smjadov)              жълт (žǎlt); бежов (bežov), кремав (kremav)
             резедав (rezedav)              зелен (zelen)             
             плав (plav)              небесносин (nebesnosin), лазурен (lazuren)              син (sin); модър (modǎr)
             виолетов (violetov), вишняв (višnjav); индиго (indigo)              цикламен (ciklamen); лилав (lilav), пурпурен (purpuren)              розов (rozov)

References

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

Anagrams

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yẹgren ((of hair) red).

Noun

черен • (čeren)

  1. red

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic черенъ (čerenŭ), from Proto-Slavic *černъ. Per Vasmer, probably related to Russian ко́рень (kórenʹ, root) as well as Lithuanian kẽras (bush, root, stump), Old Prussian kirno (bush), Ancient Greek κράνος (krános, cornelian cherry), Latin cornus (cornelian cherry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕerʲɪn]

Noun

че́рен • (čéren) m inan (genitive че́рена, nominative plural че́рены or чере́нья, genitive plural че́ренов or чере́ньев)

  1. (dialectal) small handle

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “черен”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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