акъллия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عقللو (akıllı, “wise, prudent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐkɐɫˈlijɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ijɐ
  • Syllabification(key): а‧къл‧ли‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): акъл‧лия

Noun

акълли́я • (akǎllíja) m

  1. (colloquial) smart, clever person
  2. (colloquial) a clever clogs, particularly one whose "cleverness" leads them to do foolish things

Declension

Declension of акълли́я
singular plural
indefinite акълли́я
akǎllíja 		акълли́и
akǎllíi
definite акълли́ята
akǎllíjata 		акълли́ите
akǎllíite

Adjective

акълли́я • (akǎllíja) (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) smart, clever, cunning
    Synonym: у́мен (úmen)
    Near-synonyms: разу́мен (razúmen), паметли́в (pametlív)

Derived terms

References

  • “акъллия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “акъллия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “акъ̀л”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 8
  • “акъллия”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 23
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