елша

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)elьšа, a ja-stem variant of *olьxa ~ *elьxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛɫˈʃa̟]

• Audio:

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Noun

елша́ • (elšá) f

1. alder (deciduous tree or shrub of genus Alnus, within the birch family Betulaceae)

Declension

Declension of елша́

	singular	plural
indefinite	елша́ elšá	елши́ elší
definite	елша́та elšáta	елши́те elšíte

Derived terms

(nouns):

• (collective) елша́к (elšák)
• (diminutive) елши́ца (elšíca)

References

• “елша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “елша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “елшꙗ́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 9
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971–2017), “елша”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1–8, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, page 493