лай

Action noun of ла́я (lája, “to bark”).

• IPA^(key): [ɫaj]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aj

лай • (laj) m

1. bark (of a dog or other animal), barking
2. (figurative) human's shouting (usually addressed at somebody)

• “лай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “лай”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 284

лай • (laj)

1. slave

лай • (laj)

1. slave

Borrowed from Classical Persian لای (lāy).

лай • (lai)

1. dirt, mud

Borrowed from Tibetan ལས (las, “act, work”)

лай • (laj)

1. burden, trouble

Borrowed from Persian لای (lây).

лай • (laj)

1. dirt, mud

Deverbal from ла́ять (lájatʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ɫaj]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aj

лай • (laj) m inan (genitive ла́я, nominative plural ла́и, genitive plural ла́ев)

1. bark (of a dog or other animal), barking, yelp

• ла́йка (lájka)
• ла́ять (lájatʹ)

лай • (laj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ла́ять (lájatʹ)