челяд

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čeľadь, formed from a root *čel- (“to grow, to rise as a group”) + -яд (-jad) (collective suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛlʲɐt]

Noun

че́ляд • (čéljad) f

1. (collective) children, offsprings

   Synonym: домоча́дие (domočádie)

2. (by extension, historical) household, family

   Synonyms: семе́йство (seméjstvo), домаки́нство (domakínstvo), фами́лия (famílija)

Declension

Declension of че́ляд

	singular
indefinite	че́ляд čéljad
definite	челядта́ čeljadtá

Alternative forms

• че́лад (čélad) — dialectal

Related terms

• челове́к (čelovék) (literary, formal), чове́к (čovék, “person, human”)

References

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