охлюв

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Земен охлюв (Helix pomatia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χοχλίας (chochlías), a dialectal variation of Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “snail”) (whence Old Church Slavonic кохль (koxlĭ), Latin cōchlea (“snail”)). Originally referring to the spiral shell of the snail, later generalized to mean the whole animal.

Pronunciation

Noun

о́хлюв • (óhljuv) m (relational adjective о́хлювен, diminutive о́хлювче)

  1. (mollusk) snail (gastropod of genus Helix)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) бухер (buher), (archaic) слима́к (slimák), (dialectal) пасо́к (pasók)
    гол о́хлюв ― gol óhljuv ― slug (literally, “naked snail)”)
  2. (anatomy) helix
  3. (anatomy) cochlea

Declension

Declension of о́хлюв
singular plural
indefinite о́хлюв
óhljuv 		о́хлюви
óhljuvi
definite
(subject form) 		о́хлювът
óhljuvǎt 		о́хлювите
óhljuvite
definite
(object form) 		о́хлюва
óhljuva
count form — о́хлюва
óhljuva

Alternative forms

References

  • “охлюв”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “охлюв”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “охлюв, охльо”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 983
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