деруга
Bulgarian
Etymology
дера́ (derá, “to tear, to flay”) + -уга (-uga)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɛˈruɡɐ]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -uɡɐ
- Syllabification(key): де‧ру‧га
Noun
деру́га • (derúga) f (dialectal)
- furrow, groove, ditch (place which has been torn)
- rupture, fissure (result of tearing)
- (in agriculture) unploughed demarcation line, separating different sectors of a field
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | деру́га derúga |
деру́ги derúgi |
| definite | деру́гата derúgata |
деру́гите derúgite |
Alternative forms
- диру́га (dirúga) — dialectal
Related terms
- ди́ря (dírja, “trace”)
References
- “деруга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1895), “деру́га, дьру́га”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 286