лузгам

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫuzɡɐm]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luzgati (to slide).

Verb

лу́згам • (lúzgam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective лу́зна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to glide, to skim
  2. (transitive, figurative) to deceive, to swindle, to fool s.o.
  3. (reflexive with се) to slip (to lose one's balance)
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • хлу́згам (hlúzgam)with epenthetic #x-
Derived terms
verbs
  • залузгам pf (zaluzgam), залузвам impf (zaluzvam)
  • излузгам pf (izluzgam), излузвам impf (izluzvam)
  • подлузгам pf (podluzgam), подлузна impf (podluzna)
  • полузгам pf (poluzgam), полузвам impf (poluzvam)
  • слузгам се pf (sluzgam se), слузна се impf (sluzna se)
  • лузвам (luzvam) (semelfactive)
nouns
  • (action noun) лу́зганица (lúzganica)
  • (agent noun) лузга́ч (luzgáč)
adjectives
  • лу́згав (lúzgav)
  • хлъ́згам (hlǎ́zgam), ли́згам (lízgam, to slide)
  • хлу́зя (hlúzja, to slip on)
  • слуз (sluz, slime, mucus)

References

Etymology 2

Deverbal factitive from Proto-Slavic *luzga (peel), possibly related to Etymology 1. Attested in Old Church Slavonic лꙋзгати (luzgati).

Verb

лу́згам • (lúzgam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective лу́зна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to smack, to tug something off
  2. (transitive) to shove, to thrust, to ram (to apply sudden thrust onto s.t. in order to propel it)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to urge, to spur, to goad (a person or a driving animal)
  4. (reflexive with се) to hit oneself onto s.t. during an accident (+ по (po))
    лу́згам се по глава́таlúzgam se po glavátato hit [unintentionally] one's head
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • лю́згам (ljúzgam)
Derived terms
verbs
  • излузгам pf (izluzgam), излузвам impf (izluzvam)
  • отлузгам pf (otluzgam), отлузвам impf (otluzvam)
  • разлузгам pf (razluzgam), разлузвам impf (razluzvam)
  • улузгам pf (uluzgam), улузвам impf (uluzvam)
  • лу́зя (lúzja, to rub) (dialectal)
  • лю́скам impf (ljúskam), лю́сна pf (ljúsna, to slam, to fling)
  • лю́щя (ljúštja, to peel)
  • лу́зна (lúzna, scar, wound) (dialectal)

References

  • лузгам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лузгам²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 493