воал
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from French voile (“veil”), from Latin vēlum (“curtain; veil; cloth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [voˈaɫ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɫ
- Hyphenation(key): во‧ал
Noun
воа́л • (voál) m (relational adjective воа́лен)
- voile (translucent fabric)
- veil (such fabric used as face or shoulder covering, to tie up hair, etc.)
- (figurative) veil (anything that partially obscures a clear view)
- (photography) fog (deposit on photographic film)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | воа́л voál |
воа́ли voáli |
| definite (subject form) |
воа́лът voálǎt |
воа́лите voálite |
| definite (object form) |
воа́ла voála | |
| count form | — | воа́ла voála |
Derived terms
adjectives
- воала́жен (voalážen)
- воа́лен (voálen)
- завоали́ран (zavoalíran)
- незавоали́ран (nezavoalíran)
nouns
- воала́ж (voaláž)
- воале́тка (voalétka)
verbs
- воали́рам impf or pf (voalíram)
- завоали́рам impf or pf (zavoalíram)
References
- “воал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “воал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “воал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 168