вощага

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic вощага (voštaga), of unclear origin. BER mentions (under its derivative въстегарка (vǎstegarka)):

• Possibly borrowed from some derivative of Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to bear, to lift”);
• Corrupted form of what would be въз- (vǎz-) +‎ те́жа (téža, “to weigh”) +‎ -а (-a) (one would expect a nasal vowel and no palatalization within the root in this case).

Compare also Lithuanian vazgóti (“to stretch”).

Noun

вощага • (voštaga) f (archaic)

1. stick, crook, whip (type of tool)

Usage notes

Only derivatives are still used in the contemporary language.

Derived terms

• вощега́рин (voštegárin, “dotard, geezer”) (dialectal, slang)
• востега́рка (vostegárka), ластега́рка (lastegárka, “bar, beam, fastener”) (dialectal)

References

• “вощага”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

вощага • (voštaga) f

1. whip (type of tool), lash

Declension

Declension of вощага (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	вощага voštaga	вощагѣ voštagě	вощагꙑ voštagy
genitive	вощагꙑ voštagy	вощагоу voštagu	вощагъ voštagŭ
dative	вощагѣ voštagě	вощагама voštagama	вощагамъ voštagamŭ
accusative	вощагѫ voštagǫ	вощагѣ voštagě	вощагꙑ voštagy
instrumental	вощагоѭ voštagojǫ	вощагама voštagama	вощагами voštagami
locative	вощагѣ voštagě	вощагоу voštagu	вощагахъ voštagaxŭ
vocative	вощаго voštago	вощагѣ voštagě	вощагꙑ voštagy

References

• “вощага”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
• Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2016), “voštaga”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 18 (větъ – zakonъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 1078