лая

See also: лаа, -лаа, and Appendix:Variations of "laja"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *làjati (to bark).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫajɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajɐ
  • Syllabification(key): ла‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): лая

Verb

ла́я • (lája) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to bark
    Кучето лае ожесточено по непознатия.Kučeto lae ožestočeno po nepoznatija.The dog is barking furiously at the stranger.

Conjugation

References

  • лая”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лая”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫajə]

Etymology 1

Noun

ла́я • (lájam inan

  1. genitive singular of лай (laj)

Etymology 2

Participle

ла́я • (lája)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of ла́ять (lájatʹ)