малюга
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, мал / маль (mal, “mallet”) + -уга (-uga) (augmentative suffix), of Latin origin (the suffix is native).
Noun
малю́га • (maljúga) (dialectal)
- hammer's head; thick end of a bat, bludgeon
- stonemason's maul
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | малю́га maljúga |
малю́ги maljúgi |
| definite | малю́гата maljúgata |
малю́гите maljúgite |
Related terms
- млат (mlat, “thresher, mallet”) (native cognate)
- мали́ца (malíca, “maul”) (dialectal)
References
- “малюга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “малю́га”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 202
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “малюга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 631