Browsing by Subject "etymology"
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ABOUT SOME “FALSE FRIENDS OF THE TRANSLATOR” IN GERMAN AND NORWEGIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2023-05-19)In this paper I present the research on 10 pairs of “false friends of the translator” in German and Norwegian, based on their Proto-Germanic etymology and the semantic changes that occurred as a result of the modern development ... -
COMMON ZOONYMIC ROOTS IN CROATIAN, POLISH AND RUSSIAN IN COMPARISON WITH OLD-SLAVIC (OR PROTO-SLAVIC)
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2015)The paper deals with common zoonymic roots in Croatian, Polish and Russian in comparison with Old-Slavic (or Proto-Slavic). The ultimate purpose of this research is a presentation of zoonymes (apellative nouns of animals), ... -
THE CONCEPT WISDOM (WEISHEIT) PRESENTED BY THE LEXICAL SYSTEM OF GERMAN AND BULGARIAN LANGUAGES
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2018)The subject of this article is the concept wisdom, which is discussed in the lexical system of both German and Bulgarian languages from the point of view of its etymology, as well as its conceptual, metaphorical and ... -
LANGUAGE “ARCHEOLOGY” OF SOME LEXICAL GROUPS IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN
(Plovdiv University Press, 2019-05-31)The aim of this paper is to observe some lexical groups in contemporary Bulgarian in whose roots traces of Old Bulgarian are found. The article suggests a classification of the excerpted words by phonetical, lexicological ... -
OLD TOPONYMS IN THE SOFIA AREA
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2012)The object of research interest in this case is the study and preservation of Bulgarian toponymy. The survey includes 31 toponyms in the region of Sofia. Etymologies are proposed with reference to different geographical ... -
ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE BULGARIAN ADJECTIVE FRAGILE“WHICH DOES NOT BEND, BUT CRUMBLES”, DIALECTAL.“(ABOUT LAUGH) RINGING”
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2020)On the basis of registered formal variability and phonetic uncertainty in the root, of restored archaic, presumably pre-Indo-European, reduplication and diffusion in meaning, the author makes the assumption of ancient ... -
THE ORIGIN OF SOME EXPRESSIVE VERBS BULGARIAN LANGUAGE (SEMANTIC ASPECTS OF THE ANALYSIS)
(УИ "Паисий Хилендарски", 2017)The article deals with some verbs (verba dicendi) in spoken Bulgarian language. The central issue is the semantic structure of the verbs. The research focuses on the etymology of several common and dialect expressive verbs ...