въже

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въже

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѫже (ǫže), from Proto-Slavic *ǫže.

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  • Hyphenation(key): въ‧же

Noun

въже́ (vǎžén (relational adjective въ́жен)

  1. rope, line, cord, cable, hawser, lanyard
    връ́звам с въже́vrǎ́zvam s vǎžéto tie with rope
  2. (figuratively) gallows, halter, hempen collar
    отървавам въжетоotǎrvavam vǎžetoto cheat the gallows
    плета си въжетоpleta si vǎžetoto be heading straight for the gallows
    слагам си сам въжето на вратаslagam si sam vǎžeto na vratato put one's neck into the noose, to put a halter round one's own neck

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References

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