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фъфля

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Follows the “mumbling” pattern *CьC-R-iti (duplicated 0-grade root + resonant or liquid + i-conj.), found in analogous пъпля (pǎplja), бъбля (bǎblja), мъмря (mǎmrja), etc. Basal phoneme /f/ due to the characteristic devoicing of /v/ caused by lisping.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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фъ́фля (fǎ́flja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to lisp, to mumble, to speak with impediment

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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