галя

See also: Галя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *galiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡalʲɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alʲɐ
  • Syllabification(key): га‧ля

Verb

га́ля • (gálja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to fondle, to caress

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • галим (galim)dialectal, Western Bulgaria

References

  • галя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Mariupol Greek

Alternative forms

  • га́йла (hájla)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɣälʲɐ]
  • Hyphenation: га‧ля

Adverb

га́ля • (hálja)

  1. slowly; little by little
    • 2009, Georgy Levchenko, Аспру карави, →ISBN, page 115:
      Сма ст Мариуполь ту яло
      Шилядъис хронс глыфт галя т акрат,
      Sma st Mariupolʹ tu jalo
      Šiljaðis xrons hlyft halja t akrat,
      Around Mariupol the sea
      thousands of years slowly carves out its end,

References

  • A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006), “га́ля”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN, page 57
  • G. A. Animica; M. P. Galikbarova (2013), Румеку глоса[1], Donetsk, page 62