абарга

Buryat

Adjective

абарга • (abarga)

1. huge, great, enormous, giant, colossal, gigantic
2. powerful

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Buryat абарга (abarga, “large, powerful”); абарга загаһан (abarga zagahan, “mythical fish”). From Mongolian аварга (avarga, “gigantic, enormous”), from Proto-Mongolic *aburγa (“large: of fish, serpents”). Kaluga may be the largest freshwater fish in the world.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈbarɡə]

Noun

аба́рга • (abárga) f anim (genitive аба́рги, nominative plural аба́рги, genitive plural аба́рг)

1. (dialectal, Baikal) kaluga (Huso dauricus) (predatory sturgeon).

   Synonym: калуга (kaluga)

Declension

Declension of аба́рга (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	аба́рга abárga	аба́рги abárgi
genitive	аба́рги abárgi	аба́рг abárg
dative	аба́рге abárge	аба́ргам abárgam
accusative	аба́ргу abárgu	аба́рг abárg
instrumental	аба́ргой, аба́ргою abárgoj, abárgoju	аба́ргами abárgami
prepositional	аба́рге abárge	аба́ргах abárgax

References

• Филин, Ф. П., editor (1965), “абарга”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow, Leningrad: Nauka, page 188