бастилия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Generalized from French Bastille, the name of a Parisian castle-prison whose storming started the French Revolution in 1789.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈstilijɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ilijɐ
• Syllabification^(key): ба‧сти‧ли‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): бас‧ти‧лия

Noun

басти́лия • (bastílija) f

1. (historical) bastille (heavily guarded prison or fortress)

Declension

Declension of басти́лия

	singular	plural
indefinite	басти́лия bastílija	басти́лии bastílii
definite	басти́лията bastílijata	басти́лиите bastíliite

References

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