лил

Bulgarian

Лилеста кора на японска череша (Prunus serrula)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lilъ (“thin membrane”), cognate with Serbo-Croatian лѝла (“smooth tree bark”) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liɫ]

Noun

лил • (lil) m (relational adjective ли́лест)

1. (dialectal) membrane, peel, skin

   Synonyms: ци́па (cípa), мембра́на (membrána)

2. (dialectal, in Rupian dialects) periderm (fine layer of tree bark)

Declension

Declension of лил

	singular
indefinite	лил lil
definite (subject form)	ли́лът lílǎt
definite (object form)	ли́ла líla

Derived terms

• ли́ляк (líljak, “bat”) (dialectal)

Related terms

• лист (list, “sheet”), листо (listo, “leaf”)
• слой (sloj, “layer”)
• ли́бав (líbav, “fragile, delicate”) (possibly)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лил”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 401

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲiɫ]

Verb

лил • (lil)

1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of лить (litʹ)