гавка
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From гав (gav, “crow's call”) + -ка (-ka). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian га̑вка (“common eider”), Russian га́вка (gávka, “crow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
га́вка • (gávka) f
- (obsolete) crow, jay, or another croaking bird
- (figurative) disoriented, incohesive girl (one who does not have clear perception what she is)
Declension[edit]
Declension of га́вка
Related terms[edit]
- га́вкам (gávkam, “to bark, to crow”)
- га́вед (gáved, “wild stock, wild beasts”) (dialectal, collective)
- гаве́з (gavéz, “comfrey”)
References[edit]
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га́вка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 221