валеж

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *valežь. By surface analysis, валя (valja, “to fall, to crumble, to revolve”) +‎ -еж (-ež).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈlɛʃ]

• Audio:

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Noun

вале́ж • (valéž) m (relational adjective вале́жен)

1. rainfall, snowfall
2. (technical) quantity of precipitation (over some period)

Declension

Declension of вале́ж

	singular	plural
indefinite	вале́ж valéž	вале́жи valéži
definite (subject form)	вале́жът valéžǎt	вале́жите valéžite
definite (object form)	вале́жа valéža
count form	—	вале́жа valéža

References

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