люлка

Bulgarian

люлка

Etymology

люле́я (ljuléja, “to swing, to rock”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲu̟ɫkɐ]

Noun

лю́лка • (ljúlka) f (relational adjective лю́лчин, diminutive лю́лчица)

1. cradle
2. swing
3. (by extension) seesaw

Declension

Declension of лю́лка

	singular	plural
indefinite	лю́лка ljúlka	лю́лки ljúlki
definite	лю́лката ljúlkata	лю́лките ljúlkite

Related terms

• лю́ля (ljúlja, “Calystegia sepium”) (type of flower)
• люля́на (ljuljána, “fever”) (euphemism, standardly called треска (treska))

See also

• лю́ляк (ljúljak, “lilac”) (reshaped to sound like люлка)

References

• “люлка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “люлка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лю́лка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 36
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “люлка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 579