гусла

Bulgarian

гусли от Сърбия и Черна Гора

Alternative forms

• гъ́сла (gǎ́sla), гъ́сленик (gǎ́slenik) (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic гѫсли (gǫsli), from Proto-Slavic *gǫsli. Old Church Slavonic ѫ (ǫ) regularly gives Bulgarian ъ (ǎ), so it is believed that the form with у (u) originates from western lects.

See the Proto-Slavic reconstruction for cognates in other languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡusɫɐ]

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• Syllabification^(key): гу‧сла
• Hyphenation^(key): гус‧ла

Noun

гу́сла • (gúsla) f

1. gusle, a single-stringed wooden musical instrument popular in Balkan folk music

Declension

Declension of гу́сла

	singular	plural
indefinite	гу́сла gúsla	гу́сли gúsli
definite	гу́слата gúslata	гу́слите gúslite

Derived terms

• гусла́р (guslár, “gusle player”)

Related terms

• гудя́ (gudjá)
• гъду́лка (gǎdúlka)

References

• “гусла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “гусла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гусла”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 296

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫsli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡusɫa]

Noun

гусла • (gusla) f (plural гусли)

1. gusle