purga

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See also: purgá and пурга

English

Etymology

From Russian пурга́ (purgá), probably from Karelian purku, Finnish purku (“snowstorm”).

Noun

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.

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

purga f (plural purghe)

  1. purgative, purge, laxative
    Synonyms: purgante, lassativo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

purga

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

Latin

Verb

pūrgā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pūrgō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pur‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

purga f (plural purgas)

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Etymology 2

Verb

purga

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French purger, from Latin purgare.

Verb

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

  1. to purge

Conjugation

    conjugation of purga (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a purga
gerund purgând
past participle purgat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present purghez purghezi purghează purgăm purgați purghează
imperfect purgam purgai purga purgam purgați purgau
simple perfect purgai purgași purgă purgarăm purgarăți purgară
pluperfect purgasem purgaseși purgase purgaserăm purgaserăți purgaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să purghez să purghezi să purgheze să purgăm să purgați să purgheze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative purghează purgați
negative nu purga nu purgați

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from purgar.

Noun

purga f (plural purgas)

  1. purge

Etymology 2

Verb

purga

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

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish purga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puɾˈɡa/,
  • Hyphenation: pur‧ga

Noun

purgá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜄ)

  1. (medicine) purgative; cathartic; laxative
    Synonyms: pampadumi, katarsis, purgante, laksante
  2. act of purging

Derived terms

Related terms

References

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