жуй
/[ʒu̟j]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.dialectalsmall land vermin living in wet soil, microdrile
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- че́рвей
Etymology
Probably from e-vocalism of Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curl, to coil”), akin to dialectal Bulgarian гу́я (gúja, “serpent”) and possibly Bulgarian жу́жел (žúžel, “snail”). Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian гу̀јавица (“earthworm”).
Forms
- жу́йcanonical • masculine
- žújromanization
- жуйindefinite • singular
- жу́овеindefinite • plural
- жу́ятdefinite • singular • subjective
- жу́оветеdefinite • plural • subjective
- жу́яdefinite • objective • singular
- жу́оветеdefinite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- жу́яcount-form • plural