bolha

bolha

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Proto-Slavic *blъxa.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbolɦɒ]
• Hyphenation: bol‧ha
• Rhymes: -hɒ

Noun

bolha (plural bolhák)

1. flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bolha	bolhák
accusative	bolhát	bolhákat
dative	bolhának	bolháknak
instrumental	bolhával	bolhákkal
causal-final	bolháért	bolhákért
translative	bolhává	bolhákká
terminative	bolháig	bolhákig
essive-formal	bolhaként	bolhákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bolhában	bolhákban
superessive	bolhán	bolhákon
adessive	bolhánál	bolháknál
illative	bolhába	bolhákba
sublative	bolhára	bolhákra
allative	bolhához	bolhákhoz
elative	bolhából	bolhákból
delative	bolháról	bolhákról
ablative	bolhától	bolháktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	bolháé	bolháké
non-attributive possessive - plural	bolháéi	bolhákéi

Possessive forms of bolha
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bolhám	bolháim
2nd person sing.	bolhád	bolháid
3rd person sing.	bolhája	bolhái
1st person plural	bolhánk	bolháink
2nd person plural	bolhátok	bolháitok
3rd person plural	bolhájuk	bolháik

Derived terms

• bolhás
• bolhászkodik
• bolház

 

Compound words

• bolhacsípés
• bolhafészek
• bolhapiac
• vízibolha

 

References

1. bolha in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

• bolha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bolha in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bôlha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ʎɐ/

• Hyphenation: bo‧lha

Noun

bolha f (plural bolhas)

1. bubble (a spherical volume of contained fluid)
   1. bubble (a sphere of soapy liquid)
   2. bubble (spherical cavity in solid material)
   3. blister (pocket of fluid in the skin)

      Synonyms: empola, vesícula

2. (economics) bubble (period of intense speculation in a market)
3. (figurative) bubble (environment in which one is immersed)

Derived terms

• bolhinha (diminutive)
• bolhona (augmentative)
• bolhão

Related terms

• borbulha
• borbulhar

 

Adjective

bolha (invariable)

1. (Brazil, slang, of a person) lame; uncool; pathetic

Noun

bolha m or f by sense (plural bolhas)

1. (Brazil, slang) a lame or pathetic person

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀ːʋxa/

Noun

bółha f

1. flea

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bôlha
gen. sing.	bôlhe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bôlha	bôlhi	bôlhe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bôlhe	bôlh	bôlh
dative (dajȃlnik)	bôlhi	bôlhama	bôlham
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bôlho	bôlhi	bôlhe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bôlhi	bôlhah	bôlhah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bôlho	bôlhama	bôlhami

Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing.	bôlha
gen. sing.	bolhé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bôlha	bolhé	bolhé
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bolhé	bolhá	bolhá
dative (dajȃlnik)	bôlhi	bolháma	bolhàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bolhó	bolhé	bolhé
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bôlhi	bolhàh	bolhàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bolhó	bolháma	bolhámi

Further reading

• “bolha”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran