тегля

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tęgliti (sę), from *tęglo (“weight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Syllabification^(key): те‧гля
• Hyphenation^(key): тег‧ля

Verb

те́гля • (téglja) first-singular present indicative, impf (transitive)

1. to drag, to pull, to haul

   те́гля каи́ша ― téglja kaíša ― to suffer (literally, “to pull the leash”)

2. to weigh (measure the weight of)
3. (colloquial) to suck, to inhale

   Тегля цигара.

   Teglja cigara.

   I smoke a cigarette.

4. to draw

   те́гля жре́бий ― téglja žrébij ― to draw lots

   те́гля куршу́ма ― téglja kuršúma ― to shoot (with a gun) (literally, “to draw the bullet”)

   те́гля но́жа ― téglja nóža ― to cut, to stab (literally, “to draw the knife”)

5. to withdraw (e.g. money from the bank)

   Synonym: изте́гля (iztéglja)

Conjugation

References

• “тегля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “тегля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “тегля”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005