навал

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ вал (val, “front, surge”). Synchronically, a deverbal of наваля́ (navaljá, “to fall upon”).

Noun

нава́л • (navál) m (dialectal)

1. accumulation, multitude (collection of things gathered in one place due to an applied force)
2. (by extension) flock, throng (large accumulation of people or animals)

Declension

Declension of нава́л

	singular
indefinite	нава́л navál
definite (subject form)	нава́лът naválǎt
definite (object form)	нава́ла navála

Alternative forms

• нава́ла f (navála)

Related terms

• нава́лица (naválica, “throng”) (+ suffix -ица (-ica))
• нава́лче (naválče), нава́лниче (naválniče, “hollyfern”) (plant)
• нава́лен (naválen, “steep, arduous”)

References

• “навал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “нава́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 121
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “навал (м.), навала (ж.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 457