гемия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گیمی (gemi, boat) (extended with the suffix -ия (-ija)). Equivalent to Turkish gemi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛˈmijɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

геми́я • (gemíjaf (diminutive геми́йка)

  1. (colloquial) medium-size boat usually with a sail
    Synonym: платнохо́д (platnohód)

Declension

Declension of геми́я
singular plural
indefinite геми́я
gemíja
геми́и
gemíi
definite геми́ята
gemíjata
геми́ите
gemíite

Derived terms

  • гемиджи́я (gemidžíja, boatman)

References

  • гемия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • гемия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010