вител

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vitьlь, cognate with Old Church Slavonic витьль (vitĭlĭ), Macedonian вител (vitel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvitɛɫ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ви́тел • (vítel) m

1. (dialectal) hook, coil, winding

   Synonyms: намо́тка (namótka), нави́вка (navívka)

Declension

Declension of ви́тел

	singular	plural
indefinite	ви́тел vítel	ви́тли vítli
definite (subject form)	ви́телят víteljat	ви́тлите vítlite
definite (object form)	ви́теля vítelja
count form	—	ви́теля vítelja

Related terms

• вит (vit, “coiled, wound”)
• витло́ (vitló, “axis of millstone, vint”) (dialectal)
• ви́тка (vítka, “braid, plait”) (dialectal)
  • ви́ткам (vítkam, “to twist, to bend”) (dialectal)
• ви́тва (vítva, “clematis”) (dialectal)
• ви́вка (vívka)
  • зави́вка (zavívka, “coverlet”)
  • нави́вка (navívka, “coil”)

References

• “вител”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вител”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 154

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvitɛɫ]

Noun

вител • (vitel) m

1. whirlwind
2. whirlpool, maelstrom

   Synonyms: вртеж m (vrtež), водовртеж m (vodovrtež), вир m (vir)

3. well pulley (for raising and lowering a pail)

Declension

Declension of вител

	singular	plural
indefinite	вител (vitel)	вители (viteli)
definite unspecified	вителот (vitelot)	вителите (vitelite)
definite proximal	вителов (vitelov)	вителиве (vitelive)
definite distal	вителон (vitelon)	вителине (viteline)
vocative	вителе (vitele)	вители (viteli)
count form	—	витела (vitela)