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See also: Луна

Bulgarian

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небесно тяло Луна

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic лоуна (luna), from Proto-Slavic *luna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -na

Noun

луна́ (lunáf (relational adjective лу́нен, diminutive луни́ца)

  1. moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)
    Synonym: месечи́на (mesečína)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
Declension
Declension of луна́
singular plural
indefinite луна́
luná
луни́
luní
definite луна́та
lunáta
луни́те
luníte
vocative form лу́но
lúno
луни́
luní

References

  • луна¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • луна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “луна́¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 509
белег лунички

Etymology 2

Back-formed (with stress retraction) from the diminutive луни́ца (luníca, small moon) of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

Noun

лу́на (lúnaf (relational adjective луни́в or лу́нест)

  1. freckle, speckle, skin spot
    Synonym: (dialectal) пе́га (péga)
Declension
Declension of лу́на
singular plural
indefinite лу́на
lúna
лу́ни
lúni
definite лу́ната
lúnata
лу́ните
lúnite
Derived terms

References

Etymology 3

Probably a resultant noun of lost Proto-Slavic *lu- (thrust, poke) +‎ -на (-na), attested with s-mobile in Bulgarian хлу́я (hlúja, to raid, to charge in). If correct, then related to Serbo-Croatian олу́ја (whirlwind).

Pronunciation

Noun

лу́на (lúnaf (relational adjective лу́няв)

  1. (dialectal) strong gale, squall
Declension
Declension of лу́на
singular plural
indefinite лу́на
lúna
лу́ни
lúni
definite лу́ната
lúnata
лу́ните
lúnite
Alternative forms

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лу́на⁴”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 508

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luna.

Pronunciation

Noun

луна (lunaf

  1. (rare, poetic) moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)
    Synonym: месечина (mesečina)
  2. Alternative form of луња (lunja, thunderstorm)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luˈnɑ//luˈna//luˈna/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /luˈnɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /luˈna/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /luˈna/

  • Hyphenation: лу‧на

Noun

луна (lunaf

  1. moon

Declension

Declension of луна (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative луна
luna
лунѣ
luně
лунꙑ
luny
genitive лунꙑ
luny
луну
lunu
лунъ
lunŭ
dative лунѣ
luně
лунама
lunama
лунамъ
lunamŭ
accusative лунѫ
lunǫ
лунѣ
luně
лунꙑ
luny
instrumental луноѭ
lunojǫ
лунама
lunama
лунами
lunami
locative лунѣ
luně
луну
lunu
лунахъ
lunaxŭ
vocative луно
luno
лунѣ
luně
лунꙑ
luny

Descendants

  • Russian: луна́ (luná)
  • Ukrainian: луна́ (luná, echo)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “луна”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 54

Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic луна (luna, moon), from Proto-Slavic *luna (moon).

Pronunciation

Noun

луна́ (lunáf inan (genitive луны́, nominative plural лу́ны, genitive plural лун, relational adjective лу́нный)

  1. moon (the Moon, the satellite of planet Earth)
    • 2007, Земфира [Zemfira], “Мы разбиваемся [My razbivajemsja]”, in Спасибо:
      Звонки́ телефо́нные под луно́й,
      Грани́цы усло́вные, я с тобо́й...
      Zvonkí telefónnyje pod lunój,
      Granícy uslóvnyje, ja s tobój...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)

Declension

Synonyms

  1. Луна́ f (Luná), ме́сяц m (mésjac)
  2. есте́ственный спу́тник m (jestéstvennyj spútnik)

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Compound words:

Compounds:

Phrases
Borrowed
Native

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “луна”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 495
  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “луна”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 188

Further reading

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

луна́ (lunáf inan (genitive луни́, uncountable)

  1. echo (reflected sound)

Declension

Declension of луна́
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
singular
nominative луна́
luná
genitive луни́
luný
dative луні́
luní
accusative луну́
lunú
instrumental луно́ю
lunóju
locative луні́
luní
vocative лу́но
lúno

Further reading