purga

From Russian пурга́ (purgá), from a Finnic source such as southern Karelian purgu or Veps purg (“snowstorm”).

purga (plural purgas)

1. A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
   • 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 191:

     When the black purga blows it can pile the snow higher than a ship's mast overnight.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpur.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -urɡa
• Hyphenation: pùr‧ga

purga f (plural purghe)

1. purgative, purge, laxative

   Synonyms: purgante, lassativo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

purga

1. inflection of purgare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

pūrgā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pūrgō

• Hyphenation: pur‧ga

purga f (plural purgas)

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purga

1. inflection of purgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French purger, from Latin purgare.

a purga (third-person singular present purghează, past participle purgat) 1st conjugation

1. to purge

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾɡa/
• Rhymes: -uɾɡa
• Syllabification: pur‧ga

Deverbal from purgar.

purga f (plural purgas)

1. purge

purga

1. inflection of purgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “purga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Borrowed from Spanish purga.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puɾˈɡa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pur‧ga

purgá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜄ)

1. (medicine) purgative; cathartic; laxative

   Synonyms: pampadumi, katarsis, purgante, laksante

2. act of purging

• “purga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018