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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *negъ (doublets are built upon the sg. acc. *nego and the pl. acc. *negy) + ли (li) (interrogative particle).
Pronunciation
Adverb
не́гли • (négli) (dated or dialectal)
- Expressing presumption: maybe, perhaps
- Synonyms: навя́рно (navjárno), мо́же би (móže bi)
- Expressing comparison: rather, actually
- Synonym: отко́лкото (otkólkoto)
Conjunction
не́гли • (négli) (colloquial)
- as though, as if
- Synonyms: ка́то че (káto če), ка́кто (kákto)
References
- “негли”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “негли”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “не́гли”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 258
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “негле, негли”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 594
- “негъли”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025