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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek κέφαλος (kéfalos, “mullet; gray mullet”), from Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhălos, “grey mullet”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰébʰōl (“head”).
Cognates include Turkish kefal, Russian кефа́ль (kefálʹ), Albanian qefull and Romanian chefal.
Pronunciation
Noun
кефа́л • (kefál) m (diminutive кефа́лче)
- grey mullet, flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus)
Declension
Declension of кефа́л
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singular
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plural
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| indefinite
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кефа́л
kefál
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кефа́ли
kefáli
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definite
(subject form)
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кефа́лът
kefálǎt
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кефа́лите
kefálite
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definite
(object form)
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кефа́ла
kefála
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| count form
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кефа́ла
kefála
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References
- “кефал”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кефал”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кефал”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 346