ближа

Bulgarian

Etymology

Back-formed from Bulgarian обли́жа (oblíža, to lick up) (derived as об- (ob-) + лижа (liža)), which has been interpreted as о- (o-) + ближа (bliža).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbliʒɐ]
  • (file)

Verb

бли́жа • (blíža) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective бли́звам or бли́зна)

  1. (transitive) to lick (to stroke with the tongue)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • заближа impf (zabliža), заблизвам pf (zablizvam)
  • изближа impf (izbliža), изблизвам pf (izblizvam)
  • поближа impf (pobliža), поблизвам pf (poblizvam)
  • близалка (blizalka, lollipop)
  • лижа impf (liža), лизвам pf (lizvam, to lick)
    • оближа impf (obliža), облизвам pf (oblizvam)

References

  • ближа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • ближа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ближа, близвам, близна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 56
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.