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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish, from Arabic قَنْطُورِيُون (qanṭūriyūn), from Ancient Greek κενταύρειον (kentaúreion). Cognate with English centaury.
Pronunciation
Noun
кантарио́н • (kantarión) m
- (usually with жълт, uncountable) St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Synonym: жълт кантарио́н (žǎlt kantarión)
Declension
Declension of кантарио́н
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singular
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кантарио́н
kantarión
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definite
(subject form)
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кантарио́нът
kantariónǎt
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definite
(object form)
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кантарио́на
kantarióna
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Derived terms
References
- “кантарион”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кантарион”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кантарион”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 209
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
кантарион • (kantarion) m (uncountable)
- St. John's wort
Declension