авгиеви обори

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, авги́еви (avgíevi, “Augean”, plural of авги́ев (avgíev)) +‎ обо́ри (obóri, “stables”, plural of обо́р (obór)).

The cleaning of king Augeas's dirty stables was one of the 12 labors of Hercules; see Augean stables § Etymology for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐvˈɡiɛvi oˈbɔri]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Syllabification^(key): ав‧ги‧е‧ви о‧бо‧ри
• Hyphenation^(key): ав‧ги‧еви о‧бо‧ри

Noun

авги́еви обо́ри • (avgíevi obóri) pl

1. (plural only) Augean stables (a filthy place; when used literally, refers to the dirty stables of king Augeas, which only Hercules was able to clean)

Declension

Declension of авги́еви обо́ри

	plural
indefinite	авги́еви обо́ри avgíevi obóri
definite	авги́евите обо́ри avgíevite obóri

References

• “авгиев”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “авгѝев”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 16