клиса

No exact cognates in other Slavic languages. BER tentatively presume origin from the root of клей (klej, “glue”) (i.e. reflecting an earlier *klisa).

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кли́са • (klísa) f

1. soft clay, kaolin, bole

• клис (klis, “trot, gait”) < earlier *klysъ
  • кли́сам (klísam), кли́скам (klískam, “to scamper, to gallop”) (dialectal)

• “клиса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “кли́са”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 371
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клиса”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 344

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian کلیسا. Compare Azerbaijani kilsə.

клиса • (klisa)

1. church

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клиса • (klisa) f

1. greaves, crackling

   Synonyms: џимиринка f (džimirinka), пршка f (prška)

2. tipcat (game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick)

   Synonym: челик m (čelik)