лебед

Bulgarian

Двойка бели (неми) лебеди

Черен лебед

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лебедь (lebedĭ), from Proto-Slavic *elbedь, *elbędь, *olbǫdь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛbɛt]

• Audio:

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Noun

ле́бед • (lébed) m (feminine лебеди́ца, relational adjective ле́бедев)

1. swan (anatid bird of genus Cygnus)

Declension

Declension of ле́бед

	singular	plural
indefinite	ле́бед lébed	ле́беди lébedi
definite (subject form)	ле́бедът lébedǎt	ле́бедите lébedite
definite (object form)	ле́беда lébeda
count form	—	ле́беда lébeda
vocative form	ле́беде lébede	ле́беди lébedi

Alternative forms

• ли́бед (líbed) — colloquial pronunciation
• ла́бед (lábed), ло́бод (lóbod) — dialectal, reflecting Proto-Slavic *olbǫdь

Hyponyms

• ням ле́бед (njam lébed, “mute swan, Cygnus olor”)
• по́ен ле́бед (póen lébed, “whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus”)
• ту́ндров ле́бед (túndrov lébed, “tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus”)
• че́рен ле́бед (čéren lébed, “black swan, Cygnus atratus”)

Derived terms

• лебе́дка (lebédka, “winch (tool)”)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лебед”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 332
• “лебед”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лебед”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ле́бедь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 7

Anagrams

• дебел (debel)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *elbedь, *elbędь, *olbǫdь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛbɛt]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

лебед • (lebed) m

1. swan

Declension

Declension of лебед

	singular	plural
indefinite	лебед (lebed)	лебеди (lebedi)
definite unspecified	лебедот (lebedot)	лебедите (lebedite)
definite proximal	лебедов (lebedov)	лебедиве (lebedive)
definite distal	лебедон (lebedon)	лебедине (lebedine)
vocative	лебеду (lebedu)	лебеди (lebedi)
count form	—	лебеда (lebeda)