люляк

Bulgarian

Храст люляк

Alternative forms

• ли́ляк (líljak), ли́лек (lílek)
• лю́лек (ljúlek), люле́к (ljulék)
• люляка f (ljuljaka) — Eastern dialects

Etymology

Derived from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق (leylak). The expected outcome is pricipally лилак (lilak) (attested dialectally), but in Bulgarian it has been reanalyzed under the influence of native люлея (ljuleja, “to rock”), люлка (ljulka, “swing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲu̟lʲɐk]

Noun

лю́ляк • (ljúljak) m (relational adjective лю́ляков)

1. lilac
2. (dialectal) ornament, adornment, lace

Declension

Declension of лю́ляк

	singular	plural
indefinite	лю́ляк ljúljak	лю́ляци ljúljaci
definite (subject form)	лю́лякът ljúljakǎt	лю́ляците ljúljacite
definite (object form)	лю́ляка ljúljaka
count form	—	лю́ляка ljúljaka

Related terms

• люлега (ljulega, “type of shrub”) (Banat Bulgarian)

References

• “люляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “люляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “люляк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 579