тарльо

Bulgarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Evidently related to тарале́ж (taraléž) in its first component.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtarlʲo̟]
Rhymes: -arlʲo
Syllabification^(key): тар‧льо

Noun

та́рльо • (tárljo) m

(dialect, poetic, used in folk stories) hedgehog
Synonyms: еж (ež), тарале́ж (taraléž)

Declension

Declension of та́рльо
	singular	plural
indefinite	та́рльо tárljo	та́рльовци tárljovci
definite (subject form)	та́рлят, та́рльото tárljat, tárljoto	та́рльовците tárljovcite
definite (object form)	та́рля, та́рльото tárlja, tárljoto	та́рльовците tárljovcite

Derived terms

пу́снали та́рля под о́дъра, той на минде́ра (púsnali tárlja pod ódǎra, toj na mindéra, “give them an inch and they'll take a mile”, metaphor for an arrogant person who loses themselves in their shamelessness)

Related terms

тарале́ж (taraléž)

References

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