пелин

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pelynъ m (attested also as *pelynь f), probably from the root of Bulgarian паля (palja, “to set on fire, to ignite”), пепел (pepel, “ashes”), due to the bitter taste of mugwort. Compare Bulgarian горчи́вка (gorčívka, “felwort”) from горчи́в (gorčív, “bitter”).

Other proposals include relation with Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ (“weed”), *polvъ (“pale”).

Noun

пели́н • (pelín) m (relational adjective пели́нов or пели́нен)

1. wormwood; absinthe
2. mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)

Declension

Declension of пели́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	пели́н pelín	пели́ни pelíni
definite (subject form)	пели́нът pelínǎt	пели́ните pelínite
definite (object form)	пели́на pelína
count form	—	пели́на pelína

Related terms

• паля (palja, “to ignite, to set on fire”)
• пепел (pepel, “ashes”)

Further reading

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

References

• “пелин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пелин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141

Macedonian

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ. Cognate with Bulgarian пели́н (pelín), Serbo-Croatian пѐлин, Russian полы́нь (polýnʹ), Czech pelyněk, Polish piołun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛlin]
• Hyphenation: пе‧лин

Noun

пелин • (pelin) m (uncountable, relational adjective пелинов)

1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
2. (figurative) wormwood, bitterness, sorrow

   Synonyms: горчина (gorčina), отров (otrov)

Declension

Declension of пелин

	singular
indefinite	пелин
definite unspecified	пелинот
definite proximal	пелинов
definite distal	пелинон
vocative	пелину

Derived terms

• пелинач m (pelinač)
• пелиноса pf (pelinosa)
• пелиносува impf (pelinosuva)

 

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• пелен

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pělin/
• Hyphenation: пе‧лин

Noun

пѐлин m (Latin spelling pèlin)

1. artemisia (Artemisia gen. et spp.), especially
   1. grande wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• пелинковац m

References

• “пелин” in Hrvatski jezični portal