Bulgaaria

See also: bulgaaria

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin Bulgaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b̥ulˈɡ̊ɑːriɑ̯/, [b̥ulˈɡ̊ɑːriɑ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑːriɑ
• Hyphenation: Bul‧gaa‧ria

Proper noun

Bulgaaria (genitive Bulgaaria, partitive Bulgaariat)

1. Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)

Usage notes

• The plural can be formed but does not normally occur

Declension

Declension of Bulgaaria (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Bulgaaria	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Bulgaaria
genitive			—
partitive		Bulgaariat	—
illative		Bulgaariasse	—
inessive		Bulgaarias	—
elative		Bulgaariast	—
allative		Bulgaariale	—
adessive		Bulgaarial	—
ablative		Bulgaarialt	—
translative		Bulgaariaks	—
terminative		Bulgaariani	—
essive		Bulgaariana	—
abessive		Bulgaariata	—
comitative		Bulgaariaga	—

Derived terms

• bulgaaria
• bulgaarlane

 

Related terms

• Bulgaaria Vabariik

 

References

• Bulgaaria in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Bulgaaria”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009