веруга

Bulgarian

Etymology

According to Georgiev, possibly of Oghur origin, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ȫrük (“tangle, knit”), whence Turkish örgü (“knit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛˈruɡɐ]

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Noun

веру́га • (verúga) f (dialectal, obsolescent)

1. linkage, series of connections

Declension

Declension of веру́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	веру́га verúga	веру́ги verúgi
definite	веру́гата verúgata	веру́гите verúgite

See also

• вери́га (veríga, “chain”) (native false friend)

References

• Nayden Gerov (1895) “веру́га”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 118

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “верѝга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 135