егати

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Fossilized phrase, probably equivalent to (obsolete) ега́ (egá, “[I] condemn”, 1p. sg.) +‎ ти (ti, “thee”), cognate with Russian е́гать (jégatʹ), яга́ть (jagátʹ, “to blaze, to rush; to scold, to condemn”), Slovene ję́gati (“to insinuate, to intimate”). Perhaps from an obsolete *ěgati (?)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ɛˈɡati]
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Interjection edit

егати • (egati) (colloquial)

expressive interjection conveying surprise, displeasure, or irritation: dammit!, bobbins!

Usage notes edit

егати (egati) is used as a less profane counterpart to ебати (ebati) / ебаси (ebasi) (from еба́ (ebá, “to copulate”)), which are vulgar.

References edit

“егати”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007