нагар

Bulgarian

Etymology

Substantivized from на- (na-) +‎ гар (gar, burned, blazed) or equivalently a resultant noun from the factitive verb нага́рям (nagárjam, to blaze).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈɡar]

Noun

нага́р • (nagárm

  1. soot formation (leftovers from fire, for example, in the barrel of a gun, cannon)

Declension

Declension of нага́р
singular
indefinite нага́р
nagár
definite
(subject form)
нага́рят
nagárjat
definite
(object form)
нага́ря
nagárja
  • нагоря pf (nagorja), нагарям impf (nagarjam)

References

  • нагар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • нагар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Deverbal from нагора́ть (nagorátʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈɡar]

Noun

нага́р • (nagárm inan (genitive нага́ра, nominative plural нага́ры, genitive plural нага́ров)

  1. snuff (candle), candle-snuff,
    снять нагар со свечиsnjatʹ nagar so svečito snuff a candle
  2. scale (on metal)

Declension