леджа
Bulgarian
Etymology
Fossilized plurale tantum of Proto-Slavic *lędvьje (attested as Old Church Slavonic лѧдвиѩ pl (lędviję, “loins”)), probably spread from western dialects. Compare Serbo-Croatian ле́ђа pl (“back”). Semantic shift analogous to Bulgarian коля́но (koljáno, “generation, lineage”) (literally: knee).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛdʒɐ]
Noun
ле́джа • (lédža) f
- (dialectal, obsolescent, figurative) lineage, descendants, offsprings
- Synonyms: поколе́ние (pokolénie), пото́мство (potómstvo), (pejorative) па́сма (pásma)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ле́джа lédža |
ле́джи lédži |
| definite | ле́джата lédžata |
ле́джите lédžite |
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “леджа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 345
Further reading
- лѧдвиѩ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University