невен

Bulgarian

цвете невен

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nevěnъ, a contracted from of не- (ne-) +‎ ве́хна (véhna, “to wilt”) +‎ -ян (-jan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛvɛn]
• IPA^(key): [nɛˈvɛn]

Noun

не́вен • (néven) m

1. marigold (flower of genus Calendula)

Declension

Declension of не́вен

	singular
indefinite	не́вен néven
definite (subject form)	не́венът névenǎt
definite (object form)	не́вена névena

Alternative forms

• невя́н (nevján) — nonstandard
• неве́хнен (nevéhnen) — obsolescent, full form

References

• “невен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “невен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “невен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 586

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛvɛn]

Noun

невен • (neven) m

1. marigold