жага

Bulgarian

Жага

Etymology

Ultimately from German Säge. Compare Serbo-Croatian жа́га, Romanian joagăr. Akin to native Bulgarian секи́ра (sekíra, “axe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒa̟ɡɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

жа́га • (žága) f

1. large saw (for wood or rock)

   Hypernym: трио́н (trión)

Declension

Declension of жа́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	жа́га žága	жа́ги žági
definite	жа́гата žágata	жа́гите žágite

Alternative forms

• джа́га (džága)

Derived terms

• жа́гам (žágam, “to cut with saw”) (dialectal)
• жа́гарица (žágarica, “sawmill”) (dialectal)

References

• “жага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жага”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 521

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒǎːɡa/
• Hyphenation: жа‧га

Noun

жа́га f (Latin spelling žága)

1. saw

Declension

Declension of жага

	singular	plural
nominative	жага	жаге
genitive	жаге	жага
dative	жаги	жагама
accusative	жагу	жаге
vocative	жаго	жаге
locative	жаги	жагама
instrumental	жагом	жагама

Synonyms

• (saw): пи́ла, тестѐра

Derived terms

• жагати