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 • (gemíja) f (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
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