See also: қала, ҡала, and кала

Belarusian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kaˈlʲa]
  • Rhymes: -a
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Preposition

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каля́ (kaljá)

  1. beside, by, near
    Synonym: ля (lja)

Further reading

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  • каля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • каля”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaliti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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каля́ (kaljá) first-singular present indicativepf (imperfective каля́вам)

  1. to temper (metal, glass, etc.), to harden
  2. (figurative, transitive) to toughen up, to make resilient

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • каля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • каля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “калявам, каля”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 181

Russian

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Participle

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каля́ (kaljá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of кали́ть (kalítʹ)