пелин

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pelynъ m (attested also as *pelynь f), probably from the root of Bulgarian паля (palja, “to set on fire, to ignite”), пепел (pepel, “ashes”), due to the bitter taste of mugwort. Compare Bulgarian горчивка (gorčivka, “felwort”) from Bulgarian горчив (gorčiv, “bitter”).

Other proposals include relation with Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ (“weed”), *polvъ (“pale”).

Noun

пелѝн • (pelìn) m

1. mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)

Derived terms

• пелинов (pelinov), пелинен (pelinen)

Related terms

• паля (palja, “to ignite, to set on fire”)
• пепел (pepel, “ashes”)

Further reading

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

References

• “пелин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пелин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141

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Macedonian

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ. Cognate with Bulgarian пелин (pelin), Serbo-Croatian пелин, Russian полы́нь (polýnʹ), Czech pelyněk, Polish piołun.

Noun

пелин • (pelin) m

1. wormwood

Inflection

Declension of пелин

	singular
indefinite	пелин
definite unspecified	пелинот
definite proximal	пелинов
definite distal	пелинон
vocative	пелину