сплетня

сплета́ (spletá, “to interlace”) +‎ -ня (-nja)

• IPA^(key): [splɛtˈnʲa̟]

сплетня́ • (spletnjá) f

1. (literal) complex entanglement, convolution
2. (figurative) scheme, plot
   1. → intrigue, discord
   2. → conspiracy, collusion, machination

• спли́тане (splítane, “interlacing”)

• “сплетня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “сплетня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

сплет- (splet-, “to invent, to compose”) (colloquial) +‎ -ня (-nja)

• IPA^(key): [ˈsplʲetʲnʲə]

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спле́тня • (splétnja) f inan (genitive спле́тни, nominative plural спле́тни, genitive plural спле́тен)

1. gossip, scuttlebutt (idle talk)
2. tale, whispering
3. guff, furphy

• спле́тник (splétnik), спле́тница (splétnica)
• спле́тничать (splétničatʹ)