бръшлян

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растение бръшлян

Etymology

By surface analysis, бръ́щел (brǎ́štel) (obsolete) +‎ -ян (-jan). Cognate with Macedonian бршлен (bršlen), Serbo-Croatian бр̀шљан, Slovene bršljȃn, but the exact proto-form is hard to pinpoint.

Further related to Ukrainian брочета́н (bročetán) (dialectal) / бороща́ник (boroščányk, “ivy”), Slovak brečtan (“ivy”), Polish brzesztan (“ivy”) and probably Russian берескле́т (beresklét, “spindle tree”), Slovak bršlen (“burning bush”), Czech brslen (“burning bush”). Additionally, loaned (from East Slavic?) into Romanian boroșlean (“ivy”), Hungarian borostyán (“ivy”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

бръшля́н • (brǎšlján) m

  1. ivy (trailing plant of genus Hedera)

Declension

Declension of бръшля́н
singular plural
indefinite бръшля́н
brǎšlján 		бръшля́ни
brǎšljáni
definite
(subject form) 		бръшля́нът
brǎšljánǎt 		бръшля́ните
brǎšljánite
definite
(object form) 		бръшля́на
brǎšljána
count form — бръшля́на
brǎšljána

Alternative forms

See also

  • бръст (brǎst, “stock of leafage, buds, twigs”) (dialectal, possibly related)

References

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