ljiljak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Slavic *lilъ (“membrane, skin”) +‎ -ak with a similar semantic basis as dialectal Russian кожа́н (kožán, “bat”) (from Russian ко́жа (kóža, “skin”)). Cognate with Macedonian лилјак (liljak, “bat”), Bulgarian лиляк (liljak, “bat”), Ukrainian ли́ли́к (lýlýk, “bat”), and loaned into Romanian liliac (“bat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎǐːʎak/
  • Hyphenation: lji‧ljak

Noun

ljíljak m anim (Cyrillic spelling љи́љак)

  1. (zoology) bat
    Synonyms: šišmiš, slijepi miš, netopir

References

  • Miroslav Nikolić, editor (2011), “љи́љак”, in Речник српскога језика [Rečnik srpskoga jezika, Dictionary of the Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Измењено и поправљено издање [Revised and Corrected Edition], Novi Sad: Matica srpska, page 645
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лилек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 402

Further reading

  • “ljiljak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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