глиган

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глиган

Etymology

From глиг (glig, “fang”) +‎ -а́н (-án, augmenative suffix), from Old Church Slavonic глъıгъ (glŭıgŭ), in turn from Proto-Slavic *kъlъ (“fang, tusk”). Cognate with the verb ко́ля (kólja, “to butcher”), Russian клык (klyk), Polish kieł, Czech kel, Serbo-Croatian каљак, Slovene kȅl.

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  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

глига́н • (gligán) m

  1. boar (male wild swine)
    Synonyms: ве́пър (vépǎr), глига́р (gligár)

Declension

Declension of глига́н
singular plural
indefinite глига́н
gligán 		глига́ни
gligáni
definite
(subject form) 		глига́нът
gligánǎt 		глига́ните
gligánite
definite
(object form) 		глига́на
gligána
count form — глига́на
gligána

References

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