гидия
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گيدي (gidi, “pimp”) (extended with the suffix -ия (-ija)), along with Serbo-Croatian ђидија. Equivalent to Turkish gidi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡʲiˈdijə]
Noun
гиди́я • (gidíja) m (feminine гиди́йка)
- (colloquial) youth, daredevil, desperado (brave and agile youth, prone to take risks)
- Synonyms: смелча́га (smelčága), луда глава (luda glava)
- луд гиди́я ― lud gidíja ― crazy daredevil
Declension
Declension of гиди́я
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | гиди́я gidíja | гиди́и gidíi |
| definite | гиди́ята gidíjata | гиди́ите gidíite |
References
- гидия in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- гидия in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Gerov, Najden (1895), “гыдиꙗ”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 263