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Bulgarian
Etymology
Probably of Oghur origin from Proto-Turkic *sīĺ (“wedge, tooth”) + -е (-e) (diminutive suffix). Compare Serbo-Croatian шѝљег (“male lamb”) (dialectal). Akin to the Turkish borrowing Bulgarian шиш (šiš, “skewer”) (Turkish şiş), Chuvash шăл (šăl, “tooth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ши́ле • (šíle) n
- year-old lamb (whose teeth have grown and has stopped breastfeeding)
Declension
See also
- а́гне (ágne, “lamb”) (general term)
References
- “шиле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “шиле”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
ши́ле • (šíle) n inan
- prepositional singular of ши́ло (šílo)