жага

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Bulgarian

Жага

Etymology

Ultimately from German Säge. Compare Serbo-Croatian жа́га, Romanian joagăr. Akin to native Bulgarian секи́ра (sekíra, axe).

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Noun

жа́га (žágaf

  1. large saw (for wood or rock)
    Hypernym: трио́н (trión)

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References

  • жага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жага”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 521

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǎːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: жа‧га

Noun

жа́га f (Latin spelling žága)

  1. saw

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