калуга

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Bulgarian

земно формирование калуга

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaluga. By surface analysis, кал (kal, mud) +‎ -уга (-uga).

Noun

калу́га (kalúgaf (dialectal)

  1. Augmentative of кал (kal, mud, sludge)
  2. (colloquial) mudtrap, quicksand (liquified mud in which one could sink)
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  • Речник на северозападните говори
риба калуга

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian калу́га (kalúga), probably of Finnic origin (cf. Finnish kala (fish)).

Noun

калу́га (kalúgaf

  1. kaluga (type of sturgeon: Huso dauricus)
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Russian

Etymology

Probably of Finnic origin (cf. Finnish kala (fish)).

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Noun

калу́га (kalúgaf anim (genitive калу́ги, nominative plural калу́ги, genitive plural калу́г)

  1. kaluga, great Siberian sturgeon (type of sturgeon: Huso dauricus)
    • 1952, “Рыба. В рыбном магазине”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):
      На Да́льнем Восто́ке ло́вят в небольши́х коли́чествах калу́гу — то́же осетро́вую кру́пную ры́бу, схо́дную с белу́гой.
      Na Dálʹnem Vostóke lóvjat v nebolʹšíx kolíčestvax kalúgu — tóže osetróvuju krúpnuju rýbu, sxódnuju s belúgoj.
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