вълчи

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlčьjь. By surface analysis, вълк (vǎlk) +‎ -и (-i). Cognates include Serbo-Croatian вучји, Russian во́лчий (vólčij) and Polish wilczy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɤɫt͡ʃi]

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• Hyphenation^(key): въл‧чи

Adjective

въ́лчи • (vǎ́lči)

1. (relational) wolf, wolf's
2. (relational) wolf fur, wolf pelt (of clothing)
3. wolflike, wolfish, lupine (characteristic or reminiscent of a wolf)
4. (figurative) ferocious, rapacious
5. (figurative) freezing (when describing weather); the kind (of weather) in which wolves might roam

   въ́лчи студ ― vǎ́lči stud ― freezing cold

Declension

Declension of въ́лчи (no comparative)

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	въ́лчи vǎ́lči	въ́лча vǎ́lča	въ́лче, въ́лчо vǎ́lče, vǎ́lčo	въ́лчи vǎ́lči
definite (subject form)	въ́лчият vǎ́lčijat	въ́лчата vǎ́lčata	въ́лчето, въ́лчото vǎ́lčeto, vǎ́lčoto	въ́лчите vǎ́lčite
definite (object form)	въ́лчия vǎ́lčija

Derived terms

• въ́лчи гла́д (vǎ́lči glád)

References

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