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Bulgarian
Etymology
ската́я се (skatája se, “to shun, to evade work”) + -яга (-jaga)
Pronunciation
Noun
скатя́га • (skatjága) m
- (colloquial) loafer, shirker (one who avoids their obligation or part of a deal)
Usage notes
Grammatically, the lemma is declined as a feminine a-stem, but syntactically it behaves as a masculine.
Declension
References
- “скатяга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “скатяга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010