люцерна

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian люце́рна (ljucérna), in turn from German Luzerne or French luzerne, itself from Latin lucerna (an oil lamp), from lūceō (shine, be a light).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲo̟ˈt͡sɛrnɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrnɐ
  • Hyphenation(key): лю‧цер‧на

Noun

люце́рна • (ljucérnaf (relational adjective люце́рнов)

  1. alfalfa, lucerne (Medicago sativa)

Declension

Declension of люце́рна
singular plural
indefinite люце́рна
ljucérna
люце́рни
ljucérni
definite люце́рната
ljucérnata
люце́рните
ljucérnite

References

  • люцерна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • люцерна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “люце́рна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 587

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucerna (lamp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲʊˈt͡sɛrnə]

Noun

люце́рна • (ljucérnaf inan (genitive люце́рны, nominative plural люце́рны, genitive plural люце́рн)

  1. alfalfa, lucerne (Medicago sativa)

Declension