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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlčьjь. By surface analysis, вълк (vǎlk) + -и (-i). Cognates include Serbo-Croatian вучји, Russian во́лчий (vólčij) and Polish wilczy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
въ́лчи • (vǎ́lči)
- (relational) wolf, wolf's
- (relational) wolf fur, wolf pelt (of clothing)
- wolflike, wolfish, lupine (characteristic or reminiscent of a wolf)
- (figurative) ferocious, rapacious
- (figurative) freezing (when describing weather); the kind (of weather) in which wolves might roam
- въ́лчи студ ― vǎ́lči stud ― freezing cold
Declension
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References
- “вълчи”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “вълчи”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010