кефал

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κέφαλος (kéfalos, “mullet; gray mullet”), from Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhalos, “grey mullet”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰébʰōl (“head”).

Cognates include Turkish kefal, Russian кефа́ль (kefálʹ), Albanian qefull and Romanian chefal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɛˈfaɫ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɫ
  • Hyphenation(key): ке‧фал

Noun

кефа́л • (kefál) m (diminutive кефа́лче)

  1. grey mullet, flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Declension
Declension of кефа́л
singular plural
indefinite кефа́л
kefál		 кефа́ли
kefáli
definite
(subject form)		 кефа́лът
kefálǎt		 кефа́лите
kefálite
definite
(object form)		 кефа́ла
kefála
count form — кефа́ла
kefála

References
  • “кефал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “кефал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кефал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 346
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