стръга

Bulgarian

Стръга за доитба в кравеферма

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strǫga, probably of substrate origin. Furhter akin to Romanian strungă, Albanian shtrungë with similar meanings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstrɤɡɐ]

Noun

стръ́га • (strǎ́ga) f

1. (dialectal) interspace, runaway (in sty, fold, barn)

   Synonyms: междина́ (meždiná), (dated) пре́ход (préhod)

2. (by extension) lane, corridor, passageway, vomitorium

   Synonyms: про́лаз (prólaz), про́ход (próhod), про́влак (próvlak)

3. (figuratively) gap between teeth

Declension

Declension of стръ́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	стръ́га strǎ́ga	стръ́ги strǎ́gi
definite	стръ́гата strǎ́gata	стръ́гите strǎ́gite

Alternative forms

• стъ́рга (stǎ́rga) — with -ъR-/-Rъ- metathesis
• стра́га (strága) — in South-Western dialects
• стро́га (stróga) — Rupian dialects
• стру́га (strúga) — in Western dialects
• стръ́нга (strǎ́nga) — in Southern dialects, with decomposed nasalism

References

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “стръга”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 272
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стръга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 510