Смоковница (инжир, фиговое дерево) (Ficus carica) на западе Балканского полуострова
Fig tree (Ficus carica) in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula
Author(s): Marina V. Domosiletskaya, Alexander A. NovikSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: fig; Albanian; Serbo-Croatian; phytonyms; onomasiology; borrowings
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the names for fig tree Ficus carica in the languages and dialects of the western part of the Balkan Peninsula (mainly in Albanian and Serbo-Croatian). The most ancient names of fig tree in the region are explored: Grk. συκιά, σύκα (< σῦκον, τῦκον), Lat. fīcus, and also Dalmat./Ital. pruna, brun-, mur-/mor etc. and South Slav. smokvа. The paper gives a complete classification of more than 120 Albanian and Serbo-Croatian names for fig and its varieties. It is based on different characteristics (including – fruits’: size, colour, shape, flavour, moisture, the time of ripening, the thickness of the peel etc.). These names are etymologically analyzed. The phytonyms derived from expressive words, proper names and place names as well as facts of xeno-nomination are shown. It is demonstrated that the name of fig tree was given to some other plants: prickly pear, agave and birthwort. The name of fig fruit got into somatic lexis.
Journal: Балканско езикознание / Linguistique balkanique
- Issue Year: 60/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 101-116
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Russian
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