валог

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From вал (val, “embankment”) +‎ -ог (-og). Likely akin to Latin vallis (“vale”) (whence Romanian vale which is sometimes compared with the Bulgarian term).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈvaɫok]
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Noun edit

ва́лог • (válog) m

(dialectal) hollow, concave structure
Synonyms: ува́л (uvál), падина́ (padiná), дол (dol)
(by extension) mountainous valley
Synonym: (obsolete) преги́ня (pregínja)

Declension edit

Declension of ва́лог

	singular	plural
indefinite	ва́лог válog	ва́лози válozi
definite (subject form)	ва́логът válogǎt	ва́лозите válozite
definite (object form)	ва́лога váloga	ва́лозите válozite
count form	—	ва́лога váloga

Derived terms edit

валожи́на (valožína) (augmentative)

Related terms edit

прева́л (prevál, “opposite slope of a hill”)
прова́л (provál, “failure, downfall”)
ува́л m (uvál), ува́ла f (uvála, “hollow”) (dialectal)

References edit

“валог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“валог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “валог”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 114
валог in Терминология на карста и спелеологията в България (1976)