мигал

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, ми́гам (mígam, “to wink”) +‎ -ал (-al), originally meaning “blinker”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiɡɐɫ]

Noun

ми́гал • (mígal) m (dialectal)

1. eyelid

   Synonyms: клепа́ч (klepáč), тре́пка (trépka)

2. (derogatory) eye

Usage notes

Usually used as plurale tantum in its plural form ми́гали (mígali).

Declension

Declension of ми́гал

	singular	plural
indefinite	ми́гал mígal	ми́гали mígali
definite (subject form)	ми́галът mígalǎt	ми́галите mígalite
definite (object form)	ми́гала mígala
count form	—	ми́гала mígala

Related terms

• ми́гла (mígla, “eyelash”)

References

• “мигал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ми́гали”, 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 63

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪˈɡaɫ]

Verb

мига́л • (migál)

1. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of мига́ть (migátʹ)