негли

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *negъ (doublets are built upon the sg. acc. *nego and the pl. acc. *negy) + ли (li) (interrogative particle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛɡli]

Adverb

не́гли • (négli) (dated or dialectal)

1. Expressing presumption: maybe, perhaps

   Synonyms: навя́рно (navjárno), мо́же би (móže bi)

2. Expressing comparison: rather, actually

   Synonym: отко́лкото (otkólkoto)

Conjunction

не́гли • (négli) (colloquial)

1. as though, as if

   Synonyms: ка́то че (káto če), ка́кто (kákto)

Alternative forms

• не́гили (négili), не́гели (négeli), не́голи (négoli) — dialectal
• не́гле (négle) — suffixed with ле (le) instead

References

• “негли”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “негли”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “не́гли”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 258
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “негле, негли”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 594
• “негъли”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025