вогава

Bulgarian

Etymology

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Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary compares it with Greek μπουγάδα (bougáda, “laudary”) (whence dialectal Bulgarian буга́да (bugáda, “bleach”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voˈɡavɐ]

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Noun

вога́ва • (vogáva) m (obsolete)

1. (uncountable) washing solution (mixture of water, soot, and other additives with which one used to wash rugs and furs in the past)

Declension

Declension of вога́ва

	singular
indefinite	вога́ва vogáva
definite	вога́вата vogávata

References

• Nayden Gerov (1895) “вога́ва”, 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 142
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вогава”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 168