гемия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گیمی (gemi, “boat”) (extended with the suffix -ия (-ija)). Equivalent to Turkish gemi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɛˈmijɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

геми́я • (gemíja) f (diminutive геми́йка)

1. (colloquial) medium-size boat usually with a sail

   Synonym: платнохо́д (platnohód)

Declension

Declension of геми́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	геми́я gemíja	геми́и gemíi
definite	геми́ята gemíjata	геми́ите gemíite

Derived terms

• гемиджи́я (gemidžíja, “boatman”)

References

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