метла

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *metъla, morphologically from мета́ (metá, “to sweep”) +‎ -ла (-la).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛˈtɫa]
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtɫɐ] (dialectal)
  • Syllabification(key): ме‧тла
  • Hyphenation(key): мет‧ла

Noun

метла́ • (metlá) f

  1. broom (domestic utensil)

Declension

Derived terms

  • метличка (metlička, “small broom”) (diminutive)
  • метлица (metlica), метличина (metličina, “cornflower”)
  • метлик (metlik), метлига (metliga, “meadow-grass”)
  • метлар (metlar, “broom-maker”)
  • метлея (metleja, “to move from place to place, to sweep away”)

References

  • “метла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “метла”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 769

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtɫa]
  • (file)

Noun

метла • (metla) f (plural метли, diminutive метличе or метличка)

  1. broom

Declension

Russian

метла

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪtˈɫa]
  • (file)

Noun

метла́ • (metlá) f inan (genitive метлы́, nominative plural мётлы, genitive plural мётел, relational adjective мете́льный, diminutive метёлка)

  1. broom, besom
    Synonym: ве́ник (vénik)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Finnish: metla
  • → Ingrian: metla

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mětla/
  • Hyphenation: мет‧ла

Noun

мѐтла f (Latin spelling mètla)

  1. broom

Declension

Further reading

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