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Bulgarian
Насекомо жегавица
Etymology
From же́гав(žégav, “scorching, hot”) + -ица(-ica), originally referring to any insect with pungent bite.
же́гвам(žégvam, “to brand, to sting, to pierce with hot object”)
же́гар(žégar, “dog or person exhausted by heat”)(dialectal)
References
“жигавица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жегавица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 530
