живовляк

Bulgarian

голям живовляк

Etymology

By surface analysis, живов (živov, “lively”) +‎ -ляк (-ljak), superseding original жило́вляк (žilóvljak) < жи́ла (žíla, “tendon, plant's xylem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒiˈvɔvlʲɐk]

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Noun

живо́вляк • (živóvljak)

1. plantain (plant of genus Plantago)

Declension

Declension of живо́вляк

	singular	plural
indefinite	живо́вляк živóvljak	живо́вляци živóvljaci
definite (subject form)	живо́влякът živóvljakǎt	живо́вляците živóvljacite
definite (object form)	живо́вляка živóvljaka
count form	—	живо́вляка živóvljaka

Alternative forms

• живо́влек (živóvlek)
• жило́вляк (žilóvljak), жило́влек (žilóvlek) — obsolete

References

• “живовляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “живовляк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “живовляк”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 541