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Bulgarian
Etymology
From вал (val, “embankment”) + -ог (-og). Likely akin to Latin vallis (“vale”) (whence Romanian vale which is sometimes compared with the Bulgarian term).
Pronunciation
Noun
ва́лог • (válog) m
- (dialectal) hollow, concave structure
- Synonyms: ува́л (uvál), падина́ (padiná), дол (dol)
- (by extension) mountainous valley
- Synonym: (obsolete) преги́ня (pregínja)
Declension
Derived terms
- прева́л (prevál, “opposite slope of a hill”)
- прова́л (provál, “failure, downfall”)
- ува́л m (uvál), ува́ла f (uvála, “hollow”) (dialectal)
References
- “валог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “валог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “валог”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 114
- валог in Терминология на карста и спелеологията в България (1976)