работяга

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbotęga. By surface analysis, рабо́тя (rabótja, “to work”) +‎ -яга (-jaga)

• IPA^(key): [rɐboˈtʲa̟ɡɐ]

работя́га • (rabotjága) m

1. (colloquial) hard worker

Grammatically, the lemma is declined as a feminine a-stem, but syntactically it behaves as a masculine, e.g.:

• един работяга, not **една работяга;
• голям работяга, not **голяма работяга.

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbotęga. By surface analysis, рабо́тать (rabótatʹ, “to work”) +‎ -я́га (-jága).

• IPA^(key): [rəbɐˈtʲaɡə]

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работя́га • (rabotjága) m anim or f anim (genitive работя́ги, nominative plural работя́ги, genitive plural работя́г)

1. (colloquial, approvingly) hard worker; plodder, slogger

   Synonyms: тру́женик (trúženik), трудого́лик (trudogólik), трудя́га (trudjága)