гръклян

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Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly a blend of Old Church Slavonic грътань (grŭtanĭ) +‎ гъ́рло (gǎ́rlo), which would yield *гъртлан (compare dialectal Romanian gîrtlan), and then a dialectal change of -тл- > -кл-. Cognates include Macedonian грклан (grklan), Serbo-Croatian гр̀кљан, Lithuanian gurklỹs (“neck”) and Old Prussian gurcle (“throat”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification(key): гръ‧клян
  • Hyphenation(key): грък‧лян

Noun

гръкля́н • (grǎklján) m (relational adjective гръкля́нов or гръкля́нен)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) larynx
    Synonym: ла́ринкс (lárinks)

Declension

Declension of гръкля́н
singular plural
indefinite гръкля́н
grǎklján 		гръкля́ни
grǎkljáni
definite
(subject form) 		гръкля́нът
grǎkljánǎt 		гръкля́ните
grǎkljánite
definite
(object form) 		гръкля́на
grǎkljána
count form — гръкля́на
grǎkljána

References

  • “гръклян”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “гръклян”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гръклан, гръклян”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 288
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