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охлюв

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Земен охлюв (Helix pomatia)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek χοχλίας (chochlías), a dialectal variation of Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, snail) (whence Old Church Slavonic кохль (koxlĭ), Latin cōchlea (snail)). Originally referring to the spiral shell of the snail, later generalized to mean the whole animal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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о́хлюв (óhljuvm (relational adjective о́хлювен, diminutive о́хлювче)

  1. (mollusk) snail (gastropod of genus Helix)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) бухер (buher), (archaic) слима́к (slimák), (dialectal) пасо́к (pasók)
    гол о́хлювgol óhljuvslug (literally, “naked snail)”)
  2. (anatomy) helix
  3. (anatomy) cochlea

Declension

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Alternative forms

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References

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  • охлюв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • охлюв”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “охлюв, охльо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 983