улей
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ulьjь. Morphologically equivalent to Proto-Slavic *ula (“hollow”) + -ей (-ej).
Pronunciation
Noun
у́лей • (úlej) m
Declension
Declension of у́лей
Related terms
- у́лица (úlica, “street”)
References
- “улей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “улей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ulьjь.
Pronunciation
Noun
у́лей • (úlej) m inan (genitive у́лья, nominative plural у́льи, genitive plural у́льев, relational adjective уле́йный)
- hive, beehive
- 1913, Максим Горький, “IX”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
- В детстве я представляю сам себя ульем, куда разные простые, серые люди сносили, как пчёлы, мёд своих знаний и дум о жизни, щедро обогащая душу мою, кто чем мог.
- V detstve ja predstavljaju sam sebja ulʹjem, kuda raznyje prostyje, seryje ljudi snosili, kak pčóly, mjod svoix znanij i dum o žizni, ščedro obogaščaja dušu moju, kto čem mog.
- In recalling my childhood I like to picture myself as a beehive to which various simple obscure people brought the honey of their knowledge and thoughts on life, generously enriching my character with their own experience.