веруга
Bulgarian
Etymology
According to Georgiev, possibly of Oghur origin, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ȫrük (“tangle, knit”), whence Turkish örgü (“knit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vɛˈruɡɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
веру́га • (verúga) f (dialectal, obsolescent)
- linkage, series of connections
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | веру́га verúga |
веру́ги verúgi |
| definite | веру́гата verúgata |
веру́гите verúgite |
See also
- вери́га (veríga, “chain”) (native false friend)
References
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “веру́га”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 118
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “верѝга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 135