гавка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From гав (gav, “crow's call”) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian га̑вка (“common eider”), Russian га́вка (gávka, “crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡafkɐ]

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Noun

га́вка • (gávka) f

1. (obsolete) crow, jay, or another croaking bird
2. (figurative) disoriented, incohesive girl (one who does not have clear perception what she is)

Declension

Declension of га́вка

	singular	plural
indefinite	га́вка gávka	га́вки gávki
definite	га́вката gávkata	га́вките gávkite
vocative form	га́вко gávko	га́вки gávki

Related terms

• га́вкам (gávkam, “to bark, to crow”)
• га́вед (gáved, “wild stock, wild beasts”) (dialectal, collective)
• гаве́з (gavéz, “comfrey”)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га́вка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 221