вага

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See also: ваѓа

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old High German wāga, probably via Polish waga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

вага́ (vaháf inan (genitive вагі́, nominative plural ва́гі, genitive plural ваг)

  1. weight
  2. (usually plural only) balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)
Declension

Etymology 2

Ultimately from the same source as Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

Noun

ва́га (váhaf inan (genitive ва́гі, nominative plural ва́гі, genitive plural ваг)

  1. crowbar, lever
Declension

References

  • вага” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • вага”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Waage.

Pronunciation

Noun

вага (vagaf (diminutive вагичка or вагиче)

  1. scales, balance (device)
  2. (astrology) Libra
    Synonym: терезија (terezija)

Declension

See also

Zodiac signs in Macedonian (layout · text)
о́вен (óven) бик (bik) бли́знаци (blíznaci) рак (rak)
лав (lav) де́вица (dévica) ва́га/тере́зија (vága/terézija) ско́рпија (skórpija)
стре́лец (strélec) ја́рец (járec) водо́лија/водо́леец (vodólija/vodóleec) ри́би (ríbi)

References

  • вага”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎ (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 53
  • вага” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

From Old High German wāga, probably via Polish waga.

Pronunciation

Noun

ва́га (vágaf inan (genitive ва́ги, nominative plural ва́ги, genitive plural ваг)

  1. balance, scale, weighing machine
    Synonym: (more common) весы́ (vesý)
  2. (carriages) splinter bar
  3. whiffletree
  4. crowbar, lever

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вага”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Waage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋǎːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ва‧га

Noun

ва́га f (Latin spelling vága)

  1. balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old High German wāga, probably via Polish waga.

Pronunciation

Noun

вага́ (vaháf inan (genitive ваги́, nominative plural ва́ги, genitive plural ваг, relational adjective вагови́й)

  1. weight
  2. (usually plural only) balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

Declension

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