грив

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Bulgarian

Etymology

According to Georgiev (BER), of Thracian origin ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾ʰreh₁wos (the shift Thr. *-ē- > Bulg. -и- is also reflected in Bulgarian Пловдив (Plovdiv) from an earlier Pulpudēva), cognate with Proto-Germanic *grēwaz, Latin rāvus. Also inherited in dialectal Romanian griv (variegated), dialectal Greek γρίβος (grívos, pale gray).

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Adjective

грив (griv)

  1. (dialectal) polytonous gray (with varying shades of gray)
  2. (dialectal) black-and-white, variegated
    Synonym: сур (sur)

Declension

See also

Colors in Bulgarian · цветове (cvetove) (layout · text)
     бял (bjal)      сив (siv), сяр (sjar), сур (sur), грив (griv)      черен (čeren), вран (vran), вакъл (vakǎl), смугъл (smugǎl)
             ален (alen); червен (červen), румен (rumen), риж (riž); багър (bagǎr)              оранжев (oranžev), гранив (graniv), руд (rud); кафяв (kafjav), смядов (smjadov)              жълт (žǎlt); бежов (bežov), кремав (kremav)
             резедав (rezedav)              зелен (zelen)             
             плав (plav)              небесносин (nebesnosin), лазурен (lazuren)              син (sin); модър (modǎr)
             виолетов (violetov), вишняв (višnjav); индиго (indigo)              цикламен (ciklamen); лилав (lilav), пурпурен (purpuren)              розов (rozov)

References

  • грив”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “грив”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 280

Russian

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Noun

грив (grivf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of гри́ва (gríva)