востегарка

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, вощага (voštaga) (archaic) +‎ -арка (-arka). Some of the dialects have reanalyzed the stem as if from въз- (vǎz-) +‎ тежа́ (težá, “to weigh”) +‎ -арка (-arka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vostɛˈɡarkɐ]

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Noun

востега́рка • (vostegárka) f (dialectal)

1. support bar for fastening bagage, provisions or other types of load

Declension

Declension of востега́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	востега́рка vostegárka	востега́рки vostegárki
definite	востега́рката vostegárkata	востега́рките vostegárkite

Alternative forms

• въстегарка (vǎstegarka) — with the stem *vozg(t)- interpreted as the prefix въз- (vǎz-)
• лостогарка (lostogarka) — clipped with лост (lost, “lath”)

References

• “востегарка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “възтѧга́рка”, 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 188
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въстегарка, востегарка, въстенгарка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 215