къжел
Bulgarian
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Къжел
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kǫželь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɤʒeɫ]
Noun
къ́жел • (kǎ́žel) m (dialectal)
- distaff, spinning rock (particularly: the conical upper part where one attaches the fibres)
- Synonym: ху́рка (húrka)
- (by extension) pointy tool, awl
- (figuratively, by similarity) conical mound, crag or other landform
Alternative forms
- къ́жель (kǎ́želʹ), ку́жель (kúželʹ) (in dialects where final -ь is preserved)
- къ́жец (kǎ́žec) (with suffix -ец (-ec))
Declension
Declension of къ́жел
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | къ́жел kǎ́žel | къ́жели kǎ́želi |
| definite (subject form) | къ́желът kǎ́želǎt | къ́желите kǎ́želite |
| definite (object form) | къ́жела kǎ́žela | |
| count form | — | къ́жела kǎ́žela |
Derived terms
- къ́жлевка (kǎ́žlevka), къ́жльовка (kǎ́žljovka) (diminutive)
- къжли́ца (kǎžlíca, “waxwing”) (dialectal)
- къ́жлест (kǎ́žlest, “conical”) (dialectal)
See also
- къде́ля (kǎdélja, “bundle of wool”)
- врете́но (vreténo), преде́но (predéno, “spindle”)
References
- къжел in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “къжел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 183
- Nayden Gerov (1897), “кѫжель”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 444