Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *valežь. By surface analysis, валя (valja, to fall, to crumble, to revolve) +‎ -еж (-ež).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vɐˈlɛʃ]
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Noun

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вале́ж (valéžm (relational adjective вале́жен)

  1. rainfall, snowfall
  2. (technical) quantity of precipitation (over some period)

Declension

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References

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