гага
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See also: гаѓа and Appendix:Variations of "gaga"
Bulgarian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Somateria_mollissima_%28Common_Eider%29_male%2C_London_Wetland_Centre_-_Diliff.jpg/220px-Somateria_mollissima_%28Common_Eider%29_male%2C_London_Wetland_Centre_-_Diliff.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Of onomatopoeic origin, similar to dialectal Bulgarian би́ба (bíba, “duck”). Compare Russian га́га (gága, “eider”) and Turkish gaga (“beak”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]га́га • (gága) f
- eider (sea duck of genus Somateria)
- (dialectal) duck's/goose's bill
- Synonym: би́ба (bíba)
- (figurative) proboscis
Inflection
[edit]Declension of га́га
Hyponyms
[edit]- обикнове́на га́га (obiknovéna gága, “common eider, Somateria mollissima”)
- очила́та га́га (očiláta gága, “spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri”)
- гребенча́та га́га (grebenčáta gága, “king eider, Somateria spectabilis”) (literally: crested eider)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “гага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “гага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
[edit]- га-га (ga-ga)
Macedonian
[edit]Adverb
[edit]гага • (gaga)
Ossetian
[edit]Noun
[edit]гага • (gaga)
Derived terms
[edit]- гагадыргъ (gagadyrǧ)
References
[edit]- Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press
- Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “гага”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]га́га • (gága) f anim (genitive га́ги, nominative plural га́ги, genitive plural гаг)
Declension
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- ru:Ducks