планина

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polnina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɫɐniˈna]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

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• Rhymes: -na
• Syllabification^(key): пла‧ни‧на

Noun

планина́ • (planiná) f (relational adjective плани́нски, diminutive планинка́ or плани́ница)

1. mountain, range

   В поли́те на планина́та, ме́жду ни́ски зао́блени хъ́лмове, се гу́шеше се́ло Средоре́к.

   V políte na planináta, méždu níski zaóbleni hǎ́lmove, se gúšeše sélo Sredorék.

   At the foot of the mountain, between low rounded hills, nestled the village of Sredorek.

   Сгово́рна дружи́на планина́ повди́га.

   Sgovórna družína planiná povdíga.

   A united crew lifts a mountain.

   Щом планина́та не оти́ва при Мохаме́д, Мохаме́д ще оти́де при планина́та.

   Štom planináta ne otíva pri Mohaméd, Mohaméd šte otíde pri planináta.

   If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

2. (figurative, colloquial) mountain, heap, pile, mass (huge quantity or number of something)

   Synonyms: грама́да (gramáda), куп (kup), ку́пчина (kúpčina)

   А зна́ете ли, господи́не, ка́кви планини́ от поръ́чки изпълня́ваме за Герма́ния?

   A znáete li, gospodíne, kákvi planiní ot porǎ́čki izpǎlnjávame za Germánija?

   And do you know, sir, what mountains of orders we are fulfilling for Germany?

3. (colloquial) mountain (a very tall and large man)

   — Ина́че как е на вид? — Планина́! Не си ви́ждал такъ́в леве́нт. Ме́тър и деветдесе́т е!

   — Ináče kak e na vid? — Planiná! Ne si víždal takǎ́v levént. Métǎr i devetdesét e!

   — Otherwise, how does he look? — A mountain! You haven't seen such a strapping lad. He's one meter ninety!

Declension

Declension of планина́

	singular	plural
indefinite	планина́ planiná	планини́ planiní
definite	планина́та planináta	планини́те planiníte
vocative form	плани́но1 planíno1	планини́ planiní

¹Folk-poetic.

References

• “планина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “планина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “планина́¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 302-303

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polnina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɫanina]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: пла‧ни‧на

Noun

планина • (planina) f (plural планини, relational adjective планински, diminutive планинче, augmentative планиниште)

1. mountain
2. (figuratively, colloquial) a huge amount of something

Declension

Declension of планина

	singular	plural
indefinite	планина (planina)	планини (planini)
definite unspecified	планината (planinata)	планините (planinite)
definite proximal	планинава (planinava)	планиниве (planinive)
definite distal	планинана (planinana)	планинине (planinine)
vocative	планино (planino)	планини (planini)
collective	планиње (planinje)	—

Synonyms

• гора f (gora)

Derived terms

• планинар m (planinar), планинарка f (planinarka)
• планинарство n (planinarstvo)
• планинари impf (planinari)

References

• планина in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polnina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /planǐna/
• (Serbia, otherwise rare) IPA^(key): /plânina/

Noun

планѝна or (Serbia, otherwise rare) пла̏нина f (Latin spelling planìna or plȁnina)

1. mountain

   Synonym: го̀ра

   • 1942-1945, Ivo Andrić, chapter 1, in Na Drini Ćuprija‎^[1]:

     Већим делом свога тока река Дрина протиче кроз тесне гудуре између стрмих планина или кроз дубоке кањоне окомито одсечених обала.

     For the greater part of its course the river Drina flows through narrow gorges between steep mountains or through deep ravines with precipitous banks.

Declension

Declension of планина

	singular	plural
nominative	планина	планине
genitive	планине	планина
dative	планини	планинама
accusative	планину	планине
vocative	планино	планине
locative	планини	планинама
instrumental	планином	планинама

See also

• брег (Ekavian)
• бријег (Ijekavian)
• хриб (archaic)

References

• “планина”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026