люляк

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Bulgarian

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Храст люляк

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Derived from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق (leylak). The expected outcome is pricipally лилак (lilak) (attested dialectally), but in Bulgarian it has been reanalyzed under the influence of native люлея (ljuleja, to rock), люлка (ljulka, swing).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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лю́ляк (ljúljakm (relational adjective лю́ляков)

  1. lilac
  2. (dialectal) ornament, adornment, lace

Declension

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  • люлега (ljulega, type of shrub) (Banat Bulgarian)

References

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  • люляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • люляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “люляк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 579