детелина

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dętelina, from *dętelъ (“woodpecker”) +‎ *-ina. By surface analysis, де́тел (détel) +‎ -и́на (-ína).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛtɛˈlinɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -inɐ
• Homophone: Детели́на (Detelína)
• Syllabification^(key): де‧те‧ли‧на

Noun

детели́на • (detelína) f (relational adjective детели́нов, diminutive детели́нка)

1. clover (genus Trifolium)
   • 1979, Лили Иванова, “Детелина”, in Асен Ошанов (lyrics), Асен Гаргов (music), Предупреждение:

     Детелини, детелини, детелини, аз ви търсих по безкрайната земя.
     Детелини, детелини, детелини, многобройни сте, но само с три листа.

     Detelini, detelini, detelini, az vi tǎrsih po bezkrajnata zemja.
     Detelini, detelini, detelini, mnogobrojni ste, no samo s tri lista.

     Clovers, clovers, clovers, I sought you out throughout the boundless world.
     Clovers, clovers, clovers, you are numerous, but only with three leaves.

2. cloverleaf interchange (junction of two highways, one crossing over the other, having a series of exit and entrance ramps, arranged in the form of a four-leaf clover, such that traffic may proceed from either highway in all directions)

Declension

Declension of детели́на

	singular	plural
indefinite	детели́на detelína	детели́ни detelíni
definite	детели́ната detelínata	детели́ните detelínite

Derived terms

• бя́ла детели́на (bjála detelína, “Trifolium repens”)
• во́дна детели́на (vódna detelína, “Menyanthes trifoliata”)
• го́рска детели́на (górska detelína, “Cytisus; Trifolium medium, Trifolium montanum”)
• горчи́ва детели́на (gorčíva detelína)
• Детели́н (Detelín, male given name)
• Детели́на (Detelína, female given name)
• детели́нов (detelínov, “clover”, relational adjective)
• ди́ва детели́на (díva detelína, “Onobrychis; Medicago falcata”)
• же́лта детели́на (žélta detelína, “Anthyllis vulneraria, Trifolium agrarium”)
• зла́тна детели́на (zlátna detelína, “Trifolium agrarium”)
• ко́зя детели́на<t:Oxalis, Oxalis acetosella>
• ко́нска детели́на (kónska detelína, “Medicago sativa”)
• ме́дна детели́на (médna detelína, “Melitotus officinalis”)
• си́тна детели́на (sítna detelína, “Trifolium repens”)
• сла́дка детели́на (sládka detelína, “Onobrychis sativa”)
• сме́сена детели́на (smésena detelína, “Trifolium hybridum”)
• черве́на детели́на (červéna detelína, “Trifolium incarnatum”)
• че́рна детели́на (čérna detelína, “Trifolium pratense”)

Related terms

• де́тел (détel, “woodpecker”)

References

• “детелина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “детелина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “детелѝна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 349

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dętelina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈtɛlina]

• Audio:

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Noun

детелина • (detelina) f (diminutive детелинка)

1. clover
2. clubs in card games

Declension

Declension of детелина

	singular	plural
indefinite	детелина (detelina)	детелини (detelini)
definite unspecified	детелината (detelinata)	детелините (detelinite)
definite proximal	детелинава (detelinava)	детелиниве (detelinive)
definite distal	детелинана (detelinana)	детелинине (detelinine)
vocative	детелино (detelino)	детелини (detelini)

See also

Suits in Macedonian · бо́и (bói) (layout · text)
херц (herc), ср́це (sŕce)	ка́ро (káro), ба́клава (báklava), ло́кум (lókum)	пик (pik), лист (list)	треф (tref), дете́лина (detélina)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• дје̏телина (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dętelina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dêtelina/
• Hyphenation: де‧те‧ли‧на

Noun

де̏телина f (Latin spelling dȅtelina)

1. clover
2. (regional) alfalfa (which is of the same tribe)

Declension

Declension of детелина

	singular	plural
nominative	детелина	детелине
genitive	детелине	детелина
dative	детелини	детелинама
accusative	детелину	детелине
vocative	детелино	детелине
locative	детелини	детелинама
instrumental	детелином	детелинама