рофия

Bulgarian

Alternative forms
  • ро́фя (rófja), рофя́ (rofjá)
  • ру́фя (rúfja), руфя́ (rufjá), руфе́я (ruféja) — dialectal

Etymology

Paleo-Balkan substrate word of Thracian origin, likely borrowed from the definite form of Albanian rrufé. Compare Ancient Greek ῥομφαία (rhomphaía, “spear, javelin; sword”) and Latin rhomphaea, rumpia.

Pronunciation
  • ро́фия: IPA(key): [ˈrɔfijɐ]
  • рофи́я: IPA(key): [roˈfijɐ]

Noun

ро́фия or рофи́я • (rófija or rofíja) f (regional)

  1. lightning bolt
    Synonyms: мъ́лния (mǎ́lnija), светка́вица (svetkávica)

Declension
Declension of ро́фия, рофи́я
singular plural
indefinite ро́фия, рофи́я
rófija, rofíja		 ро́фии, рофи́и
rófii, rofíi
definite ро́фията, рофи́ята
rófijata, rofíjata		 ро́фиите, рофи́ите
rófiite, rofíite

References
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рофия, рофя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 330
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “руфея, руфя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 354
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