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Bulgarian
Etymology
Оf disputed origin:
- Per Vl. Georgiev (BER)[1]: From a dialectal variant of ве́жда (véžda, “eyebrow”) + -ав (-av) (compare Macedonian веѓа (veǵa)) that has spread to other dialects. Effectively reflecting Proto-Slavic *věďavъ, probably originally meaning staring, glaring, focused. Compare colloquial Bulgarian кьо́рав (kjórav, “with bad vision”) from Turkish görmek (“to watch, to see”).
- Per Lj. Kurkina[2]: Inherited from (Southern) Proto-Slavic *věgavъ, cognate with Serbo-Croatian ве̏гав (“awry”) (dialectal), Slovene vẹ̑g, vẹ̑gav, vẹ́gast (“out of focus, curved”). Potentially akin to Lithuanian vìglas (“agile, mobile”), vigrùs (“deft, neat”), Sanskrit वेग (vega, “movement”), English wick from Proto-Indo-European *weg- or less likely to English wake, watch, Latin vigor from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.
- Per N. Gerov: From an earlier вѧгавъ (vęgavŭ), possibly reflecting the contemporary pronunciation in 19th century (by that time nasal -ѧ- has been pronounced as /æ/). Compare however Lithuanian véngti (“to avoid”) (sometimes compared with Slovene vẹ́gati (“to twist, to wave”) whence vẹ̑gav).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- (in South-Eastern dialects)
Adjective
ве́гав • (végav)
- (dialectal) cross-eyed, squint (for vision), strabismic
- Synonyms: кривогле́д (krivogléd), (dialectal) кривове́д (krivovéd), (slang) ша́шав (šášav)
Declension
Comparative forms of ве́гав
Superlative forms of ве́гав
Further reading
- “viglas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- “vengti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
Notes:
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вег, вегав, вед”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 125
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vegav”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “nar. bolg. végaf ‛kriv’ ... z Pslovan. *věgъ̏”