билка

See also: биљка and білка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic бꙑлка (bylka), from Proto-Slavic *bylьka. Compare би́ле (bíle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɫkɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): бил‧ка

Noun

би́лка • (bílka) f (relational adjective би́лков)

1. medicinal herb
2. any wild fragrant grass or plant

Declension

Declension of би́лка

	singular	plural
indefinite	би́лка bílka	би́лки bílki
definite	би́лката bílkata	би́лките bílkite

Derived terms

• билка́р (bilkár), билка́рка (bilkárka)
• билка́рски (bilkárski)
• билка́рство (bilkárstvo)

References

• “билка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “билка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “билка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 48

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɫka]
• Rhymes: -iɫka

Noun

билка • (bilka) f (plural билки, relational adjective билен)

1. herb
2. (archaic) remedy, medicine

Declension

Declension of билка

	singular	plural
indefinite	билка	билки
definite unspecified	билката	билките
definite proximal	билкава	билкиве
definite distal	билкана	билкине
vocative	билко	билки