дуга

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Chechen

Etymology

From Turkic, probably via Kumyk дюгю (dügü). See Azerbaijani düyü, Bashkir дөгө (dögö) for more.

Noun

дуга (duga?

  1. rice
  2. cereals, groats

References

  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 219
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*dĭḳwi”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, proposes a native etymology not noticing the Turkic terms

Ingush

Etymology

From Turkic, probably via Kumyk дюгю (dügü). See Azerbaijani düyü, Bashkir дөгө (dögö) for more.

Noun

дуга (duga?

  1. rice
  2. cereals, groats

References

  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 219
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*dĭḳwi”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, proposes a native etymology not noticing the Turkic terms

Old East Slavic

Noun

дуга (duga)

  1. Alternative form of дѫга (dǫga)

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дуга (duga), from Proto-Slavic *dǫga, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dangāˀ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

дуга́ (dugáf inan (genitive дуги́, nominative plural ду́ги, genitive plural дуг, relational adjective дугово́й, diminutive ду́жка)

  1. arc, arch
  2. (electricity) arc
    электри́ческая дуга́elektríčeskaja dugáelectrical arc
  3. bow, curve, rib
  4. shaft bow (of a harness)

Declension

Descendants

  • Yakut: дуга (duga)

Further reading

  • дуга in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dǫga, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dangāˀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ду́га f (Latin spelling dúga)

  1. rainbow

Declension

Ukrainian

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Etymology

From Old East Slavic дуга (duga), from Proto-Slavic *dǫga, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dangāˀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

дуга́ (duháf inan (genitive дуги́, nominative plural ду́ги, genitive plural дуг)

  1. arc (a curve, in general)
  2. arch (inverted U shape)
  3. (geometry) arc
  4. (electricity) arc
    електри́чна дуга́elektrýčna duháelectrical arc
  5. shaft bow (of a harness)
  6. (colloquial, rail transport) bow collector
    Synonym: дугови́й струмоприйма́ч m (duhovýj strumopryjmáč)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дуга (duga).

Noun

дуга (duga)

  1. shaft bow (of a harness)
    Holonym: ат сэбэ (at sebe, harness)
  2. (electricity, geometry) arc
    вольт дугатаvolt dugatavoltaic arc