хляб

Bulgarian

хляб

Alternative forms

• хлѣбъ (hlěb) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ, from a Germanic language, further origin unknown. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xlʲa̟p]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

хляб • (hljab) m

1. (uncountable) bread
2. (countable) a loaf of bread

Declension

Declension of хляб

	singular	plural
indefinite	хляб hljab	хля́бове hljábove
definite (subject form)	хля́бът hljábǎt	хля́бовете hljábovete
definite (object form)	хля́ба hljába
count form	—	хля́ба hljába

References

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