Bulgarian

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Etymology

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хи́тър (hítǎr, sly, cunning) +‎ -яга (-jaga)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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хитря́га (hitrjágam

  1. (colloquial) sly, crafty person

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