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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pelynъ m (attested also as *pelynь f), probably from the root of Bulgarian паля (palja, “to set on fire, to ignite”), пепел (pepel, “ashes”), due to the bitter taste of mugwort. Compare Bulgarian горчи́вка (gorčívka, “felwort”) from горчи́в (gorčív, “bitter”).
Other proposals include relation with Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ (“weed”), *polvъ (“pale”).
Noun
пели́н • (pelín) m (relational adjective пели́нов or пели́нен)
- wormwood; absinthe
- mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Declension
Related terms
- паля (palja, “to ignite, to set on fire”)
- пепел (pepel, “ashes”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полы́нь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- “пелин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пелин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141
Macedonian
Etymology
Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ. Cognate with Bulgarian пели́н (pelín), Serbo-Croatian пѐлин, Russian полы́нь (polýnʹ), Czech pelyněk, Polish piołun.
Pronunciation
Noun
пелин • (pelin) m (uncountable, relational adjective пелинов)
- wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
- (figurative) wormwood, bitterness, sorrow
- Synonyms: горчина (gorčina), отров (otrov)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “пелин” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pělin/
- Hyphenation: пе‧лин
Noun
пѐлин m (Latin spelling pèlin)
- artemisia (Artemisia gen. et spp.), especially
- grande wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
References
- “пелин” in Hrvatski jezični portal