дрехъл

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dręx(ъ)lъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɛxɐɫ]

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Adjective

дре́хъл • (dréhǎl) (obsolete or dialectal)

1. despondent, depressive, gloomy

Declension

Positive forms of дре́хъл

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	дре́хъл dréhǎl	дре́хла dréhla	дре́хло dréhlo	дре́хли dréhli
definite (subject form)	дре́хлият dréhlijat	дре́хлата dréhlata	дре́хлото dréhloto	дре́хлите dréhlite
definite (object form)	дре́хлия dréhlija

Comparative forms of дре́хъл

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-дре́хъл pó-dréhǎl	по́-дре́хла pó-dréhla	по́-дре́хло pó-dréhlo	по́-дре́хли pó-dréhli
definite (subject form)	по́-дре́хлият pó-dréhlijat	по́-дре́хлата pó-dréhlata	по́-дре́хлото pó-dréhloto	по́-дре́хлите pó-dréhlite
definite (object form)	по́-дре́хлия pó-dréhlija

Superlative forms of дре́хъл

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-дре́хъл náj-dréhǎl	на́й-дре́хла náj-dréhla	на́й-дре́хло náj-dréhlo	на́й-дре́хли náj-dréhli
definite (subject form)	на́й-дре́хлият náj-dréhlijat	на́й-дре́хлата náj-dréhlata	на́й-дре́хлото náj-dréhloto	на́й-дре́хлите náj-dréhlite
definite (object form)	на́й-дре́хлия náj-dréhlija

Alternative forms

• дрьо́хал (drjóhal) — Rup dialects

Related terms

• дрехна pf (drehna), дрехвам impf (drehvam, “to wear out, to wither away”) (obsolete)

References

• “дрехъл”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дрехъл”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 427
• “дрѧхлъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024