клефка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Either:

• From an earlier кле́пка (klépka), a diminutive of Proto-Slavic *klępa (“snare, noose”) + -ка (-ka);
• Formed on a native soil from кле́фам (kléfam, “to stroll”) or perhaps кле́пя (klépja, “to wear out”).

Noun

кле́фка • (kléfka) f (colloquial)

1. (somewhat derogatory) simple footwear: sandal, slipper, house shoe

Usage notes

Usually used as a plurale tantum кле́фки (kléfki), referring to “a pair of simple shoes”.

Declension

Declension of кле́фка

	singular	plural
indefinite	кле́фка kléfka	кле́фки kléfki
definite	кле́фката kléfkata	кле́фките kléfkite

Related terms

• кле́фар (kléfar) (augmentative)

References

• “клефки”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “кле́фар, -ре”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 165

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клепка³, клепки”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 435