блъгаринъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⰱⰾⱏⰳⰰⱃⰻⱀⱏ (blŭgarinŭ) — Glagolitic

Etymology

Akin to Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (b¹ul¹ǧa, “to stir up”), from Proto-Turkic *bulgar + -инъ (-inŭ), the former being the active noun/adjective of *bulga- (“to create a state of disorder; to stir, to disturb”).

Noun

блъгаринъ • (blŭgarinŭ) m

1. a male Bulgarian
   • from the Bitola inscription 4-6:

     съ же градь дѣлань быст[ъ на｜оуб]ѣжище и на сп҃сение ї на жизнь бльгаромъ

     sŭ že gradĭ dělanĭ byst[ŭ na｜ub]ěžište i na sp:senije i na žiznĭ blĭgaromŭ

     The fortress was built as a haven and for the salvation of the lives of the Bulgarians.

Declension

Declension of блъгаринъ (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	блъгаринъ blŭgarinŭ	блъгарина blŭgarina	блъгаре blŭgare
genitive	блъгарина blŭgarina	блъгариноу blŭgarinu	блъгаръ blŭgarŭ
dative	блъгариноу blŭgarinu	блъгаринома blŭgarinoma	блъгарьмъ blŭgarĭmŭ
accusative	блъгаринъ blŭgarinŭ	блъгарина blŭgarina	блъгарꙑ blŭgary
instrumental	блъгариномь blŭgarinomĭ	блъгаринома blŭgarinoma	блъгарꙑ blŭgary
locative	блъгаринѣ blŭgarině	блъгариноу blŭgarinu	блъгарьхъ blŭgarĭxŭ
vocative	блъгарине blŭgarine	блъгарина blŭgarina	блъгаре blŭgare

Descendants

• Bulgarian: българин (bǎlgarin)

References

• Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994
• Nikolić, Svetozar (1989) Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София