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Bulgarian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from Proto-Slavic *gavъ. Compare Latin gāvia (“type of bird”).
Pronunciation
Noun
гав • (gav) m
- (dialectal) bird's cawing cry (typically of crows)
- (dialectal) beast's roar (typically of carnivora)
Declension
Derived terms
- гав-гав (gav-gav, “caw-caw”)
- га́вкам (gávkam, “to bark, to caw”)
- га́вка (gávka, “crow, rook; stupid girl”) (dialectal)
- га́вед (gáved, “wild stock, wild beasts”) (dialectal, collective)
- гаве́з (gavéz, “comfrey”)
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га́вка”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 221