горва

Bulgarian

Горчива горва (Cardamine amara)

Etymology

Reflects an earlier *gory (v-stem). By surface analysis, горя́ (gorjá, “to burn”) +‎ -ва (-va).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔrvɐ]

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Noun

го́рва • (górva) f

1. (dialectal) bittercress (herb of genus Cardamine)

Conjugation

Declension of го́рва

	singular	plural
indefinite	го́рва górva	го́рви górvi
definite	го́рвата górvata	го́рвите górvite

Derived terms

• го́рец (górec, “hop”) (dialectal)
• гори́да (gorída, “wild grapevine”) (dialectal)
• го́рък (górǎk), горчи́в (gorčív, “bitter”)
  • горчи́ца (gorčíca, “mustard”)
  • горчи́вка (gorčívka, “bitter substance”)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “горва”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 258