мрезгав

Bulgarian

Etymology

According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, inherited from Proto-Slavic *merzgavъ, akin to 0-grade verb мръ́ждя (mrǎ́ždja, “to glimmer”). Has been also compared with Proto-Slavic *brězgъ (“downbreak”), on the assumption of irregular alternation *br- ↔ *mr-.

Gerov spells the lemma with nasal -ѧ-, perhaps in analogy with (rhyming) near-synonym дре́згав (drézgav, “impermeable, dim, shadowy”) < *dręzga (“thicket”).

Adjective

мре́згав • (mrézgav) (dialectal)

1. (of weather) dark, gloomy, sombre

Declension

Positive forms of мре́згав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	мре́згав mrézgav	мре́згава mrézgava	мре́згаво mrézgavo	мре́згави mrézgavi
definite (subject form)	мре́згавият mrézgavijat	мре́згавата mrézgavata	мре́згавото mrézgavoto	мре́згавите mrézgavite
definite (object form)	мре́згавия mrézgavija

Comparative forms of мре́згав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-мре́згав pó-mrézgav	по́-мре́згава pó-mrézgava	по́-мре́згаво pó-mrézgavo	по́-мре́згави pó-mrézgavi
definite (subject form)	по́-мре́згавият pó-mrézgavijat	по́-мре́згавата pó-mrézgavata	по́-мре́згавото pó-mrézgavoto	по́-мре́згавите pó-mrézgavite
definite (object form)	по́-мре́згавия pó-mrézgavija

Superlative forms of мре́згав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-мре́згав náj-mrézgav	на́й-мре́згава náj-mrézgava	на́й-мре́згаво náj-mrézgavo	на́й-мре́згави náj-mrézgavi
definite (subject form)	на́й-мре́згавият náj-mrézgavijat	на́й-мре́згавата náj-mrézgavata	на́й-мре́згавото náj-mrézgavoto	на́й-мре́згавите náj-mrézgavite
definite (object form)	на́й-мре́згавия náj-mrézgavija

Alternative forms

• мря́згав (mrjázgav) — Eastern dialects

References

• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мрѧ́згавꙑй; -въ, -ва, во”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 90
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мрезгав, мрязгав”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 284