нели

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ne li, literally “is it not/did it not”. In the standard language, surpassed by its doublet нали́ (nalí).

• IPA^(key): [nɛˈli]
• Rhymes: -li
• Syllabification^(key): не‧ли (Eastern dialects)
• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛli]
• Rhymes: -ɛli
• Homophone: Нели (Neli)
• Syllabification^(key): не‧ли (Western dialects)

нели́ or не́ли • (nelí or néli) (obsolete, dialectal)

1. affirmative particle used to inquire affirmation or consensus: right, don't + pronoun

   Нели това ти разправям?

   Neli tova ti razpravjam?

   Have I not told you [about] this?

   Нели е тъй?

   Neli e tǎj?

   Is it not so?/It is thus, isn't it?

• нел (nel), не́ле (néle), не́ло (nélo) — dialectal

• не́гли (négli, “rather”)
• не́жели (néželi, “rather than”)

• “нели”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “нели”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 213
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нели”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 607

• елин (elin), Елин (Elin), Нели (Neli)

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛli]

нели • (neli)

1. right, don't you think (used to ask for confirmation or agreement)

   Не зажали што дојде, нели?

   Ne zažali što dojde, neli?

   You haven't regretted coming, right?