буля
See also: була
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بولا (bola, bula, “wife of one’s paternal uncle; lady, miss”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbulʲɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
бу́ля • (búlja) f (dialectal)
- sister-in-law (elder-brother’s wife)
- aunt (address to an elderly woman)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бу́ля búlja |
бу́ли búli |
| definite | бу́лята búljata |
бу́лите búlite |
| vocative form | бу́льо, бу́ле búljo, búle |
бу́ли búli |
Further reading
- “буля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbulʲɐ]
- Hyphenation: бул‧ля
Noun
бу́ля • (búlja) f inan (genitive бу́лі, nominative plural бу́лі, genitive plural буль)
- 1928–1933 spelling of бу́лла (búlla, “bull”), which was deprecated in the orthography reform of 1933
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бу́ля búlja |
бу́лі búli |
| genitive | бу́лі búli |
буль bulʹ |
| dative | бу́лі búli |
бу́лям búljam |
| accusative | бу́лю búlju |
бу́лі búli |
| instrumental | бу́лею búleju |
бу́лями búljamy |
| locative | бу́лі búli |
бу́лях búljax |
| vocative | бу́ле búle |
бу́лі búli |
Further reading
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “буля”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries