Bulgarian

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Etymology

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ската́я се (skatája se, to shun, to evade work) +‎ -яга (-jaga)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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скатя́га (skatjágam

  1. (colloquial) loafer, shirker (one who avoids their obligation or part of a deal)

Usage notes

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Grammatically, the lemma is declined as a feminine a-stem, but syntactically it behaves as a masculine.

Declension

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References

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  • скатяга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • скатяга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010