ален
Appearance
See also: алеӈ
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of Kipchak origin from Proto-Turkic *āl (“shiny, glittering”) + -ен (-en), reinforced by Russian а́лый (ályj, “scarlet”) and Turkish al (“crimson”). Encountered as part of the name Old Church Slavonic Елтимир (Eltimir), a Bulgarian warlord from the 13th century, believed to be a brother of czar George Terter.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]а́лен • (álen)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of а́лен
Comparative forms of а́лен
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | по́-а́лен pó-álen |
по́-а́лена pó-álena |
по́-а́лено pó-áleno |
по́-а́лени pó-áleni |
definite (subject form) |
по́-а́леният pó-álenijat |
по́-а́лената pó-álenata |
по́-а́леното pó-álenoto |
по́-а́лените pó-álenite |
definite (object form) |
по́-а́ления pó-álenija |
Superlative forms of а́лен
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | на́й-а́лен náj-álen |
на́й-а́лена náj-álena |
на́й-а́лено náj-áleno |
на́й-а́лени náj-áleni |
definite (subject form) |
на́й-а́леният náj-álenijat |
на́й-а́лената náj-álenata |
на́й-а́леното náj-álenoto |
на́й-а́лените náj-álenite |
definite (object form) |
на́й-а́ления náj-álenija |
Alternative forms
[edit]- алав (alav)
See also
[edit]бял (bjal) | сив (siv), сяр (sjar), сур (sur), грив (griv) | черен (čeren), вран (vran), вакъл (vakǎl), смугъл (smugǎl) |
ален (alen); червен (červen), румен (rumen), риж (riž); багър (bagǎr) | оранжев (oranžev), гранив (graniv), руд (rud); кафяв (kafjav), смядов (smjadov) | жълт (žǎlt); бежов (bežov), кремав (kremav) |
резедав (rezedav) | зелен (zelen) | |
плав (plav) | небесносин (nebesnosin), лазурен (lazuren) | син (sin); модър (modǎr) |
виолетов (violetov), вишняв (višnjav); индиго (indigo) | цикламен (ciklamen); лилав (lilav), пурпурен (purpuren) | розов (rozov) |
References
[edit]- “ален”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ален”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 9
Macedonian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- алов (alov)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ален • (alen) (not comparable)
Declension
[edit]masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | ален (alen) | алена (alena) | алено (aleno) | алени (aleni) |
definite unspecified | алениот (aleniot) | алената (alenata) | аленото (alenoto) | алените (alenite) |
definite proximal | алениов (aleniov) | аленава (alenava) | аленово (alenovo) | алениве (alenive) |
definite distal | аленион (alenion) | аленана (alenana) | аленоно (alenono) | аленине (alenine) |
See also
[edit]- црвен (crven)
Categories:
- Bulgarian terms derived from Kipchak languages
- Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ен
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian adjectives
- Macedonian 2-syllable words
- Macedonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macedonian paroxytone terms
- Macedonian terms with audio pronunciation
- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian adjectives