девесил

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девесил

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *devęsilъ, literally "nine powers" (reflecting the plant's medicinal purposes).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation(key): де‧ве‧сил
  • Rhymes: -iɫ

Noun

девеси́л (devesílm (uncountable)

  1. lovage (Levisticum officinale)
    Synonym: лющя́н (ljuštján)

Declension

Descendants

  • Romanian: Devesel, Deveselu

References

  • девесил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • девесил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “девесил”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 331