вогава
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary compares it with Greek μπουγάδα (bougáda, “laudary”) (whence dialectal Bulgarian буга́да (bugáda, “bleach”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
вога́ва • (vogáva) m (obsolete)
- (uncountable) washing solution (mixture of water, soot, and other additives with which one used to wash rugs and furs in the past)
Declension[edit]
Declension of вога́ва
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | вога́ва vogáva |
| definite | вога́вата vogávata |
References[edit]
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “вога́ва”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 142
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вогава”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 168