гулия

Bulgarian
Гулия

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gulьja, cognate with Russian гулья (gulʹja, “swelling”) (dialectal), Ukrainian гуля (hulja, “swelling”) (dialectal), Slovak huľa (“ball”). Formed from the same root as Bulgarian жу́ля (žúlja, “to rub”), with the collective marker -ия (-ija).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡoˈlijɐ]
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Noun

гулия • (gulija) f

  1. jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
    Synonym: зе́мна я́бълка (zémna jábǎlka)

Declension
Declension of гули́я
singular plural
indefinite гули́я
gulíja		 гули́и
gulíi
definite гули́ята
gulíjata		 гули́ите
gulíite

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