въглен

Bulgarian

Etymology

Deadjectival from Proto-Slavic *ǫglь + -ен (-en). Often, instead of the grammatical въглени pl (vǎgleni), the augmentative въглища (vǎglišta) is used as plural.

Noun

въ̀глен (vǎ̀glen) m

  1. charcoal
  2. ember
    Synonym: кюмюр (kjumjur)
  3. (colloquial) graphite

Alternative forms

  • въгъл (vǎgǎl)
  • яглен (jaglen) (dialectal)
  • углен (uglen) (dialectal)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • овъглявам (ovǎgljavam, to get burned)
  • въглясам (vǎgljasam, to become coal)
  • въглерод (vǎglerod, carbon)

References

  • въглен in Речник на българския език
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), въглен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 201
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