Bulgarian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbliʒɐ]
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Verb

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бли́жа (blíža) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective бли́звам or бли́зна)

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 56