светулка

Bulgarian

Насекомо светулка (Photuris lucicrescens)

Etymology

све́тя (svétja) +‎ -улка (-ulka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svɛˈtuɫkɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): све‧тул‧ка
• Rhymes: -uɫkɐ

Noun

свету́лка • (svetúlka) f (diminutive свету́лчица)

1. firefly, firebug, lampyrid (beetle of the Lampyridae family, known for their bioluminescence)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) све́тка (svétka), (dialectal) блесту́нка (blestúnka), (formal, rare) ламберу́да (lamberúda)

Declension

Declension of свету́лка

	singular	plural
indefinite	свету́лка svetúlka	свету́лки svetúlki
definite	свету́лката svetúlkata	свету́лките svetúlkite
vocative form	свету́лко svetúlko	свету́лки svetúlki

Related terms

• свят (svjat, “world”)
• свети́ло (svetílo, “light source, luminary, beacon”)
• светлина́ (svetliná, “light”)

References

• “светулка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “светулка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “свѣту́лка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 142

Macedonian

Etymology

From свети (sveti) +‎ -улка (-ulka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvɛtuɫka]
• Hyphenation: све‧тул‧ка

Verb

светулка • (svetulka) third-singular present, impf

1. (intransitive) to shine, glow (with a flickering light)
2. diminutive of свети impf (sveti)

Conjugation

Conjugation of светулка (imperfective, present in -а)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	светулкал	—	adjectival participle	—
feminine	светулкала	—	adverbial participle	светулкајќи
neuter	светулкало	—	verbal noun	светулкање
plural	светулкале	—	perfect participle	светулкано
	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	светулкам	светулкав	—	—
2nd singular	светулкаш	светулкаше	—	светулкај
3rd singular	светулка	светулкаше	—	—
1st plural	светулкаме	светулкавме	—	—
2nd plural	светулкате	светулкавте	—	светулкајте
3rd plural	светулкаат	светулкаа	—	—
Compound tenses
perfect	сум светулкал		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам светулкано		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев светулкал		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав светулкано		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал светулкано		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе светулкам		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам светулкано		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе светулкав		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав светулкано		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум светулкал		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал светулкано		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би светулкал		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал светулкано		conditional of има + perfect participle

Related terms

• светка impf (svetka)

Noun

светулка • (svetulka) f (plural светулки, diminutive светулче)

1. firefly, lightning bug

Declension

Declension of светулка

	singular	plural
indefinite	светулка	светулки
definite unspecified	светулката	светулките
definite proximal	светулкава	светулкиве
definite distal	светулкана	светулкине
vocative	светулке	светулки

Related terms

• светилка f (svetilka)

Further reading

• “светулка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu