жугам

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Compare Lithuanian žiáugėti (“to vomit, to belch”), from reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to gush, to scatter”).

жу́гам • (žúgam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective жу́гна) (dialectal)

1. (intransitive) to scoot, to bolt, to dart off

   Synonyms: ху́квам (húkvam), вту́рвам се (vtúrvam se)

• жу́гвам (žúgvam) (semelfactive)

• Nayden Gerov (1897) “жю́гамь (жю́гвамь, жю́гнѫ)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 25

Probably from blending of Bulgarian же́гвам (žégvam, “to prod”) and жу́ля (žúlja, “to rub”).

жу́гам • (žúgam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective жу́гна) (dialectal)

1. (transitive) to rub, to scratch, to grate

   Synonyms: три́я (tríja), жу́ля (žúlja)

2. (intransitive) to ache, to hurt, to ail
   1. (by extension) to degenerate, to worsen (for ailment)
   2. (figuratively) to live miserably, to barely make ends meet
3. (reflexive) (+ personal pronoun) to experience pain, irritation, discomfort

   жуга ме глава́та ― žuga me glaváta ― have headache

• жу́гла (žúgla, “pest, louse”) (dialectal)

• Nayden Gerov (1897) “жю́га (да жю́гне)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 25
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жугам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 556