глезя

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

No exact cognates in other Slavic languages, however, formally resembles Lithuanian glèžti (to caress) and Lithuanian gleižioti (to smear, to anoint), gleižùs (slimy, greasy).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡlɛzʲɐ]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

гле́зя (glézja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (transitive) to fondle, to coddle, to pamper, to cosset (to treat with excessive care)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to spoil, to indulge
  3. (reflexive) to satiate, to pamper one's own needs; to act without constraints

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References[edit]

  • глезя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • глезя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глезя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 248