пугав

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pugavъ/*pǫgavъ, probably borrowed from Russian. Morphologically equivalent to пуг (pug, thrust, prod) (dated) +‎ -ав (-av). Further akin to Old Church Slavonic пѫгꙑ (pǫgy, metal button).

Pronunciation

Adjective

пу́гав (púgav)

  1. (dialectal) bulged, protruded

Declension

  • пу́гавица (púgavica, button of a military suit) (obsolete, Russian borrowing)
  • пуга́ч (pugáč, Cossack, Russian soldier) (obsolete, as a mockery)

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пугавица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 844

Russian

Pronunciation

Participle

пуга́в (pugáv)

  1. short past adverbial imperfective participle of пуга́ть (pugátʹ)