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галфон

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. There are two theories, found in normative dictionaries of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences:

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɐɫˈfɔn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • Hyphenation(key): гал‧фон

Noun

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галфо́н (galfónm

  1. idiot, dunce
    Synonyms: глупа́к (glupák), тъпа́к (tǎpák)

Declension

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References

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  • галфон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • галфон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “галфон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 227
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глъв”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 253