годеж

Bulgarian

Etymology

From годя́ (godjá, “to suit, to content”) (dialectal) +‎ -еж (-ež).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡoˈdɛʃ]
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Noun

годе́ж • (godéž) (relational adjective годе́жен)

  1. matchmaking
  2. (by extension) engagement

Declension
Declension of годе́ж
singular plural
indefinite годе́ж
godéž		 годе́жи
godéži
definite
(subject form)		 годе́жът
godéžǎt		 годе́жите
godéžite
definite
(object form)		 годе́жа
godéža
count form — годе́жа
godéža

Derived terms
  • годе́жник m (godéžnik), годе́жница f (godéžnica, “matchmaker”)
  • годежа́р m (godežár), годежа́рка f (godežárka, “companion of the fiancé”)

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