звено

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• дзво́но (dzvóno) — dialectal

Etymology

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Proto-Slavic *zvenoder.

Bulgarian звено

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *zveno, but the exact course of descent is disputed:

• Borrowed from Russian звено́ (zvenó), at least for the standard meanings;
• Possibly inherited, as evident by doublets such as dialectal звъна́ f (zvǎná), дзво́но (dzvóno, “piece, bit, slip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zvɛˈnɔ]
• Rhymes: -nɔ
• Syllabification^(key): зве‧но

Noun

звено́ • (zvenó) n (relational adjective зве́нов)

1. (dialectal) constituent, building element, piece
2. link, hoop (within a chain)
3. (figurative) unit of organisation (within some framework)
4. (politics, sociology) association, guild, fraction (of similarly minded people)

   военно звено ― voenno zveno ― military fraction

   земеделско звено ― zemedelsko zveno ― agrarian fraction

Declension

Declension of звено́

	singular	plural
indefinite	звено́ zvenó	звена́ zvená
definite	звено́то zvenóto	звена́та zvenáta

See also

• Zveno (a Bulgarian political organisation active in the early parts of XX century)
  • ⇒ звена́р (zvenár, “member of "Zveno"”)

References

• “звено”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “звено”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• “звено”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “звено”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “звено”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “звено”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 622
• Стефан Младенов (1941), “звено́”, in „Етимологически и правописенъ речникъ на Българския книжовенъ езикъ“ [Etymological and spelling dictionary of the Bulgarian Literary language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Книгоиздателство "Христо Г. Дановъ", page 189

Anagrams

• возен (vozen)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvenò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zvʲɪˈno]

• Audio:

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Noun

звено́ • (zvenó) n inan (genitive звена́, nominative plural зве́нья, genitive plural зве́ньев, relational adjective звеньево́й)

1. link (element of a chain)

   ключево́е звено́ ― ključevóje zvenó ― crucial link

2. (figuratively) part, branch; team, squad (smallest unit in a hierarchy or sequence)
   • 2004, Сыны Севера, “Разочарование”, in Орлиный взор:

     Вам не уда́стся поги́бнуть в бою́
     Нет сла́бых зве́ньев в цепи́
     Нет сла́бых во́инов в строю́

     Vam ne udástsja pogíbnutʹ v bojú
     Net slábyx zvénʹjev v cepí
     Net slábyx vóinov v strojú

     You won’t succeed to die in battle
     There are no weak links in the chain
     No weak fighters in the line

3. (aviation, military) flight, squad

Declension

Declension of звено́ (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	звено́ zvenó	зве́нья△ zvénʹja△
genitive	звена́ zvená	зве́ньев△ zvénʹjev△
dative	звену́ zvenú	зве́ньям△ zvénʹjam△
accusative	звено́ zvenó	зве́нья△ zvénʹja△
instrumental	звено́м zvenóm	зве́ньями△ zvénʹjami△
prepositional	звене́ zvené	зве́ньях△ zvénʹjax△

^△ Irregular.

Derived terms

• звеньево́й (zvenʹjevój)
• позвоно́к m (pozvonók)

Compound words:

• авиазвено́ n (aviazvenó)

Phrases

• зве́нья одно́й цепи́ n pl (zvénʹja odnój cepí)