леджа
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editFossilized plurale tantum of Proto-Slavic *lędvьje (attested as Old Church Slavonic лѧдвиѩ pl (lędviję, “loins”)), probably spread from western dialects. Compare Serbo-Croatian ле́ђа pl (“back”). Semantic shift analogous to Bulgarian коля́но (koljáno, “generation, lineage”) (literally: knee).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editле́джа • (lédža) f
- (dialectal, obsolescent, figurative) lineage, descendants, offsprings
- Synonyms: поколе́ние (pokolénie), пото́мство (potómstvo), (pejorative) па́сма (pásma)
Declension
editDeclension of ле́джа
References
edit- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “леджа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 345
Further reading
edit- лѧдвиѩ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University