varga

Estonian

Noun

varga

1. genitive singular of varas

Galician

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wregis (“wall, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wreǵ- (“close”). Akin to Middle Irish fraig (“interior wall”), Welsh achwre (“wattled fence, palisade”), Sanskrit व्रज (vrajá, “wattle, fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾɣa̝/

Noun

varga f (plural vargas)

1. slab
2. fish trap; special kind of fishing net used in rivers

Related terms

• vargo (“stake; slab”)
• varganzo (“wattled fence”)

References

• “varga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “varga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “varga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

Derived from varr (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: var‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

varga (plural vargák)

1. (dated) shoemaker, cobbler

Declension

Synonyms

• cipész

Further reading

• varga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

varga

1. indefinite accusative plural of vargur
2. indefinite genitive plural of vargur

Old Norse

Noun

varga

1. accusative/genitive plural of vargr

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Hungarian varga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːrɡa/
• Hyphenation: var‧ga

Noun

vȃrga m (Cyrillic spelling ва̑рга)

1. (regional) shoemaker, cobbler

   Synonym: òbućār

References

• “varga” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾɡa
• Syllabification: var‧ga

Noun

varga f (plural vargas)

1. steepest part of a slope

Further reading

• “varga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014