pelin

See also: Pelin, pelín, and pelîn

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɛ.lin]

Verb

pelin

1. inflection of pelar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Finnish

Noun

pelin

1. genitive/accusative singular of peli

Anagrams

• lepin

Gagauz

Cyrillic		пелин

Etymology

Ultimately from Slavic. Direct source likely Bulgarian пелин (pelin), probably via Romanian pelin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈlin/

Noun

pelin (definite accusative pelini, plural pelinnär)

1. wormwood, Artemisia absinthium, an intensely bitter herb
   • 2022 March 18, “Bu yıl cenktän dä taa çirkin, kömürdän dä taa kara, pelindän dä taa acı”, in Ana Sözü‎^[1]:

     Bu yıl cenktän dä taa çirkin, kömürdän dä taa kara, pelindän dä taa acı

     This year is even uglier than war, even darker than coal, even more bitter than wormwood

   • 2008, Eni Baalantı, Apokalipsis 8‎^[2]:

     Üçüncü angil trubayı baarttı, da göktän bir büük yıldız, ani yanardı, nicä bir şafk, düştü akar suların üçüncü payı üstünä hem su sızıntıları üstünä.¹¹ Yıldızın adı "Pelin". Suların üçüncü payı acı oldu pelin gibi, da çok insan öldü, zerä sular pek acı olmuştu.

     And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; ¹¹ And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became bitter like wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Declension

Declension of pelin

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	pelin	pelinnär
definite accusative (belirtme)	pelini	pelinneri
dative (yönelme)	pelinä	pelinnerä
locative (bulunma)	pelindä	pelinnerdä
ablative (çıkma)	pelindän	pelinnerdän
genitive (tamlayan)	pelinin	pelinnerin

Further reading

• Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “pelin”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 516
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “пелин”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 366

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian пелин (pelin), from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian pelin, Polish piołun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈlin/

Noun

pelin n (uncountable)

1. wormwood

Declension

Declension of pelin

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pelin	pelinul
genitive-dative	pelin	pelinului
vocative	pelinule

Derived terms

• împelina
• pelinaș m
• pelinat

Further reading

• “pelin”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pelen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pělin/

Noun

pèlin m (Cyrillic spelling пѐлин)

1. artemisia (Artemisia gen. et spp.), especially
   1. grande wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)

Derived terms

• pelinkovac

Further reading

• “pelin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پِلین (pelin), from a Slavic language, perhaps Serbo-Croatian pelin or Bulgarian пелин (pelin), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ, compare Polish piołun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˈlin]
• Hyphenation: pe‧lin

Noun

pelin (definite accusative pelini, plural pelinler)

1. wormwood; Artemisia absinthium

Declension

Declension of pelin

singular plural nominative pelin pelinler definite accusative pelini pelinleri dative peline pelinlere locative pelinde pelinlerde ablative pelinden pelinlerden genitive pelinin pelinlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular pelinim pelinlerim 2nd singular pelinin pelinlerin 3rd singular pelini pelinleri 1st plural pelinimiz pelinlerimiz 2nd plural pelininiz pelinleriniz 3rd plural pelinleri pelinleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular pelinimi pelinlerimi 2nd singular pelinini pelinlerini 3rd singular pelinini pelinlerini 1st plural pelinimizi pelinlerimizi 2nd plural pelininizi pelinlerinizi 3rd plural pelinlerini pelinlerini dative singular plural 1st singular pelinime pelinlerime 2nd singular pelinine pelinlerine 3rd singular pelinine pelinlerine 1st plural pelinimize pelinlerimize 2nd plural pelininize pelinlerinize 3rd plural pelinlerine pelinlerine locative singular plural 1st singular pelinimde pelinlerimde 2nd singular pelininde pelinlerinde 3rd singular pelininde pelinlerinde 1st plural pelinimizde pelinlerimizde 2nd plural pelininizde pelinlerinizde 3rd plural pelinlerinde pelinlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular pelinimden pelinlerimden 2nd singular pelininden pelinlerinden 3rd singular pelininden pelinlerinden 1st plural pelinimizden pelinlerimizden 2nd plural pelininizden pelinlerinizden 3rd plural pelinlerinden pelinlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular pelinimin pelinlerimin 2nd singular pelininin pelinlerinin 3rd singular pelininin pelinlerinin 1st plural pelinimizin pelinlerimizin 2nd plural pelininizin pelinlerinizin 3rd plural pelinlerinin pelinlerinin

Further reading

• “pelin”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “pelin”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pelin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük