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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sьčava (“pungent liquid”).
Noun
ща́ва • (štáva) f
- tanning mush/liqueur used for soaking up leather or another raw material (before processing it)
Declension
Derived terms
- си́цам (sícam, “to leak, to piss”) (dialectal)
- ща́вел (štável, “sorrel”)
References
- “щава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “щава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “ща́ва”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 596