кълн

Bulgarian

кълн на боб

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlnъ, a n-derivative from lost **kъlti, cognate with Lithuanian kùlti (“to prod, to knock”), Latvian kul̃t (“to thresh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɤɫn]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɤɫn

Noun

кълн • (kǎln) m

1. germ
2. sprout, scion

Declension

Declension of кълн

	singular	plural
indefinite	кълн kǎln	къ́лнове kǎ́lnove
definite (subject form)	къ́лнът kǎ́lnǎt	къ́лновете kǎ́lnovete
definite (object form)	къ́лна kǎ́lna
count form	—	къ́лна kǎ́lna

Related terms

• покълна pf (pokǎlna), покълвам impf (pokǎlvam, “to germ”)
• кол (kol, “stake, spike”) (o-grade)

References

• “кълн”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “кълн”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кълн”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 191