зехтин
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Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- (dialect) зейти́н (zejtín)
- (Eastern) зийти́н (zijtín), (Asia Minor and Göbel Bulgarian) зити́н (zitín), (Shipka) зайти́н (zajtín)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زیتین (zeytin, “olive”), from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”).
The -х takes the place of the expected -й- by way of excessively careful pronunciation (Bulgarian: свръхстарателност (svrǎhstaratelnost)), according to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary. Compare Bulgarian зейтин (zejtin), as well as Macedonian зејтин (zejtin) and Serbo-Croatian zejtin, where this change does not occur.
Pronunciation
Noun
зехти́н • (zehtín) m (relational adjective зехти́нен or зехти́нов)
- (countable and uncountable) olive oil
- Synonyms: (archaic) дъ́рвено масло́ (dǎ́rveno masló), (archaic or obsolete) зехти́нено масло́ (zehtíneno masló)
- (uncountable, dialect) sunflower oil
Usage notes
Used in plural form only when referring to several kinds of olive oil.
Declension
Declension of зехти́н
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | зехти́н zehtín |
зехти́ни zehtíni |
| definite (subject form) |
зехти́нът zehtínǎt |
зехти́ните zehtínite |
| definite (object form) |
зехти́на zehtína | |
| count form | — | зехти́на zehtína |
Derived terms
- зехти́нли́ев (zehtínlíev)
- зехти́нли́я (zehtínlíja)
- зехти́нли́йка (zehtínlíjka, “olive-colored towel”)
- зехти́няв (zehtínjav, “containing or stained with olive oil”), зехтиня́в (zehtinjáv, “stained with olive oil”)
- зехти́нява (zehtínjava)
References
- “зехтин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “зехтин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зехтѝн”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 637
- “зехтин”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 276