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олево

/[ˈɔlɛvo]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    dialectalobsoletethick sock, stocking, footwrap
  2. 2.
    dialectalobsoletecoarse fabric used for sewing old-time socks or trousers

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • олеви́ца
  • олеви́чка
Synonyms
  • аба́
  • ша́як
Related words (2)
  • ха́лище
  • хали́на

Etymology

Colloquialized pronunciation of an earlier холево (holevo) (attested in dialectal Greek borrowings), from Proto-Slavic *xoľevo (“bandage, cover”). In the modern language, the sense “sock, stocking” has been overtaken by the Turkish borrowing чора́п (čoráp).

Forms

  • о́левоcanonical • neuter
  • ólevoromanization
  • о́левоindefinite • singular
  • о́леваindefinite • plural
  • о́левотоdefinite • singular
  • о́леватаdefinite • plural
  • холевоalternative • obsolete
  • о́льовоalternative • dialectal
  • о́люваalternative • dialectal

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