исполин

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *jьspolinъ

Old Church Slavonic исполинъ (ispolinŭ)

Bulgarian исполин

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic исполинъ (ispolinŭ), from Proto-Slavic *jьspolinъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ispoˈlin]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification^(key): и‧спо‧лин
• Hyphenation^(key): ис‧по‧лин

Noun

исполи́н • (ispolín) m

1. (mythology, chiefly in the plural, countable) giant, titan (a huge mythological creature)

   Synonyms: велика́н (velikán), гига́нт (gigánt), тита́н (titán)

   Между филистимяните имаше един исполин на име Голиат.

   Meždu filistimjanite imaše edin ispolin na ime Goliat.

   Among the Philistines there was a giant named Goliath.

2. (by extension) giant (a very tall, large, and usually strong person)

   Това е един исполин с оскъдна рижа коса, добродушно червено лице и обемисто бирено коремче.

   Tova e edin ispolin s oskǎdna riža kosa, dobrodušno červeno lice i obemisto bireno koremče.

   This is a giant with sparse red hair, a good-natured red face, and a voluminous beer belly.

3. (figuratively) giant, titan (a great, genius personality in a certain field)

   Synonym: свети́ло (svetílo)

   Верди е един от исполините на италианската опера.

   Verdi e edin ot ispolinite na italianskata opera.

   Verdi is one of the giants of the Italian opera.

Declension

Declension of исполи́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	исполи́н ispolín	исполи́ни ispolíni
definite (subject form)	исполи́нът ispolínǎt	исполи́ните ispolínite
definite (object form)	исполи́на ispolína
count form	—	исполи́на ispolína
vocative form	исполи́не ispolíne	исполи́ни ispolíni

References

• “исполин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “исполин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “исполин”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈispɔlin]
• Hyphenation: ис‧по‧лин

Noun

исполин • (ispolin) m (plural исполини, relational adjective исполински)

1. (literary) giant

Declension

Declension of исполин

	singular	plural
indefinite	исполин (ispolin)	исполини (ispolini)
definite unspecified	исполинот (ispolinot)	исполините (ispolinite)
definite proximal	исполинов (ispolinov)	исполиниве (ispolinive)
definite distal	исполинон (ispolinon)	исполинине (ispolinine)
vocative	исполину (ispolinu)	исполини (ispolini)
count form	—	исполина (ispolina)

References

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

Anagrams

• ипсилон (ipsilon), исполни (ispolni), посилни (posilni), посинил (posinil)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Church Slavonic исполинъ (ispolinŭ), from Proto-Slavic *jьspolinъ; compare Old Church Slavonic споловъ (spolovŭ), Old Polish stolim, stolin, Kashubian stolem, stolëm, stolim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪspɐˈlʲin]

• Audio (Moscow):

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Noun

исполи́н • (ispolín) m anim (genitive исполи́на, nominative plural исполи́ны, genitive plural исполи́нов)

1. (literary) giant

Declension

Declension of исполи́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	исполи́н ispolín	исполи́ны ispolíny
genitive	исполи́на ispolína	исполи́нов ispolínov
dative	исполи́ну ispolínu	исполи́нам ispolínam
accusative	исполи́на ispolína	исполи́нов ispolínov
instrumental	исполи́ном ispolínom	исполи́нами ispolínami
prepositional	исполи́не ispolíne	исполи́нах ispolínax

Derived terms

• исполи́нский (ispolínskij)

Further reading

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