балтия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالطه (balta). Morphologically analysable as dialectal балтá (baltá, “axe”) +‎ -ия (-ija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐɫˈtijɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ijɐ
  • Syllabification(key): бал‧ти‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): бал‧тия

Noun

балти́я • (baltíja) f (diminutive балти́йка) (dialectal)

  1. axe, hatchet

Declension

Declension of балти́я
singular plural
indefinite балти́я
baltíja 		балти́и
baltíi
definite балти́ята
baltíjata 		балти́ите
baltíite

References

  • “балтия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “балтия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • “балтия”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
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