блана

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolna, formally a resultant/action noun of an unattested verb *боля (Proto-Slavic *bolti (“to blunt, to bleach”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelH- (“to bleach, to brighten”) + -на (-na).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɫɐˈna]

Noun

блана́ • (blaná) f

(dialectal) turf (lump of mud with growing vegetation on it)
Synonyms: чим (čim), бус (bus)
(dialectal) bland mixture
Synonyms: блу́дкавост (blúdkavost), блудкавина́ (bludkaviná)

Inflection

Declension of блана́

	singular	plural
indefinite	блана́ blaná	блани́ blaní
definite	бланата́ blanatá	блани́те blaníte

Derived terms

блани́ца (blaníca) (diminutive)
бла́нав (blánav, “bland, muddy”)

Related terms

бла́то (bláto, “swamp”)

References

блана in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “блана”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 54

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