годеж

Bulgarian

Etymology

From годя́ (godjá, “to suit, to content”) (dialectal) +‎ -еж (-ež).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡoˈdɛʃ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

годе́ж • (godéž) (relational adjective годе́жен)

1. matchmaking
2. (by extension) engagement

Declension

Declension of годе́ж

	singular	plural
indefinite	годе́ж godéž	годе́жи godéži
definite (subject form)	годе́жът godéžǎt	годе́жите godéžite
definite (object form)	годе́жа godéža
count form	—	годе́жа godéža

Derived terms

• годе́жник m (godéžnik), годе́жница f (godéžnica, “matchmaker”)
• годежа́р m (godežár), годежа́рка f (godežárka, “companion of the fiancé”)

Related terms

• годени́к (godeník, “fiancé”), годени́ца (godeníca, “fiancée”)
• сгодя́вка (sgodjávka, “ritual of engagement”)
• спого́дба (spogódba, “pact, agreement”)

References

• “годеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “годеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010