завалия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish; equivalent to Modern Turkish zavallı (grammaticized with suffix -лия (-lija)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɐvɐˈlijɐ]

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Adjective

завали́я • (zavalíja) (undeclined)

1. (obsolete, dialectal) unfortunate, miserable

Alternative forms

• завалъ (zaval) — dated

Noun

завали́я • (zavalíja) m (feminine завали́йка)

1. (colloquial) wretch

   Synonyms: несре́тник (nesrétnik), неща́стник (neštástnik), кле́тник (klétnik), бедня́к (bednják)

Declension

Declension of завали́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	завали́я zavalíja	завали́и zavalíi
definite	завали́ята zavalíjata	завали́ите zavalíite

References

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