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

Related terms

• жу́ля (žúlja, “to rub, to scrape”)

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