дреболия

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an obsolete дре́боля (drébolja, “to shred, to shatter, to gut”) +‎ -ия (-ija). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *drebъ.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

дреболи́я • (drebolíja) f

1. trifle, bagatelle (tiny, insignificant detail or nuance)
2. (pluralia tantum) haslet, intestines

   пи́лешки/а́гнешки дреболи́и ― píleški/ágneški drebolíi ― chicken/lamb haslet

Declension

Declension of дреболи́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	дреболи́я drebolíja	дреболи́и drebolíi
definite	дреболи́ята drebolíjata	дреболи́ите drebolíite

Related terms

• дре́бен (drében, “tiny, small, insignificant”)
• дребосъ́к (drebosǎ́k, “midget”)
• дроб (drob, “fraction; lung, liver”)
  • дробя́ (drobjá, “to crush, to fritter”)

References

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