bolha

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Proto-Slavic *blъxa.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbolɦɒ]
  • Hyphenation: bol‧ha
  • Rhymes: -hɒ

Noun

bolha (plural bolhák)

  1. flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bolha bolhák
accusative bolhát bolhákat
dative bolhának bolháknak
instrumental bolhával bolhákkal
causal-final bolháért bolhákért
translative bolhává bolhákká
terminative bolháig bolhákig
essive-formal bolhaként bolhákként
essive-modal — —
inessive bolhában bolhákban
superessive bolhán bolhákon
adessive bolhánál bolháknál
illative bolhába bolhákba
sublative bolhára bolhákra
allative bolhához bolhákhoz
elative bolhából bolhákból
delative bolháról bolhákról
ablative bolhától bolháktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 bolháé bolháké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 bolháéi bolhákéi
Possessive forms of bolha
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bolhám bolháim
2nd person sing. bolhád bolháid
3rd person sing. bolhája bolhái
1st person plural bolhánk bolháink
2nd person plural bolhátok bolháitok
3rd person plural bolhájuk bolháik

Derived terms
Compound words
  • bolhacsípés
  • bolhafészek
  • bolhapiac
  • vízibolha

References
  1. bolha in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading
  • bolha in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bolha in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • bôlha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbo.ʎɐ/

  • Hyphenation: bo‧lha

Noun

bolha f (plural bolhas)

  1. bubble (a spherical volume of contained fluid)
    1. bubble (a sphere of soapy liquid)
    2. bubble (spherical cavity in solid material)
    3. blister (pocket of fluid in the skin)
      Synonyms: empola, vesícula
  2. (economics) bubble (period of intense speculation in a market)
  3. (figurative) bubble (environment in which one is immersed)

Derived terms
  • bolhinha (diminutive)
  • bolhona (augmentative)
  • bolhão

Adjective

bolha (invariable)

  1. (Brazil, slang, of a person) lame; uncool; pathetic

Noun

bolha m or f by sense (plural bolhas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) a lame or pathetic person

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *blъxa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *blúšāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔ̀ːʋxa/

Noun

bółha f

  1. flea

Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. bôlha
gen. sing. bôlhe
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 bôlha bôlhi bôlhe
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 bôlhe bôlh bôlh
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 bôlhi bôlhama bôlham
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 bôlho bôlhi bôlhe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 bôlhi bôlhah bôlhah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 bôlho bôlhama bôlhami
Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing. bôlha
gen. sing. bolhé
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 bôlha bolhé bolhé
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 bolhé bolhá bolhá
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 bôlhi bolháma bolhàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 bolhó bolhé bolhé
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 bôlhi bolhàh bolhàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 bolhó bolháma bolhámi

Further reading
  • “bolha”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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