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ъгъл, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ǫgъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”), from *h₂eng- (“corner”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ъ́гъл • (ǎ́gǎl) m (relational adjective ъ́гълен or ъ́глов, diminutive ъ́гълче)
- angle, corner
- (specifically) street corner
- Synonyms: кьоше́ (kjošé), кът (kǎt)
Declension
Typical declension sees the stress shift to the second syllable in the plural, but retaining it on the first is also possible, although perhaps less standard.
Derived terms
- изпра́вен ъ́гъл (izpráven ǎ́gǎl, “straight angle”)
- о́стър ъ́гъл (óstǎr ǎ́gǎl, “acute angle”)
- под ъ́гъл (pod ǎ́gǎl, “at an angle”)
- прав ъ́гъл (prav ǎ́gǎl, “right angle”)
- тъп ъ́гъл (tǎp ǎ́gǎl, “angle over 90 degrees”)
- ъ́глест (ǎ́glest, “angular, jagged”)
- ъ́гълник (ǎ́gǎlnik, “square, try square, set square”)
- ъглова́т (ǎglovát, “angular, jagged”)
- ъглови́ден (ǎglovíden, “angular”)
- ъгломе́р (ǎglomér, “goniometer”)
- ъглополовя́ща (ǎglopolovjášta, “angle bisector”)
References
- “ъгъл”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “ъгъл”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- “ъгъл”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1088