афала

Bulgarian

Etymology

From dialectal Turkish afala, an alternative form of afalina, ultimately from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, “whale”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈfaɫɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɫɐ
  • Syllabification(key): а‧фа‧ла
  • Hyphenation(key): афа‧ла

Noun

афа́ла • (afála) f

  1. common bottlenose dolphin, one of three identified species of bottlenose dolphins; Tursiops truncatus

Declension

Declension of афа́ла
singular plural
indefinite афа́ла
afála 		афа́ли
afáli
definite афа́лата
afálata 		афа́лите
afálite
vocative form афа́ло
afálo 		афа́ли
afáli
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