въгарец
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ǫgrъ (“creep, bug, larva”) + -ец (-ec). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian у̀грк (“larva of gadfly”), Slovene ọ̑grc (“pustula caused by a parasite”) and akin to Polish wągier (“comedo”), Czech uher (“pimple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vɐɡɐˈrɛt͡s]
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Noun
въгаре́ц • (vǎgaréc) m
- (obsolete) parasitic bug, worm, creep
- Synonym: (partially) глист (glist)
- parasitic larva of botflies (which causes myiasis on ungulates and other large mammals)
- (by extension) (adult) botfly, gadfly, warble fly (dipteran insect of family Oestridae)
- Synonym: щръ́клица (štrǎ́klica)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | въгаре́ц vǎgaréc |
въгарци́ vǎgarcí |
| definite (subject form) |
въгаре́цът vǎgarécǎt |
въгарци́те vǎgarcíte |
| definite (object form) |
въгаре́ца vǎgaréca | |
| count form | — | въгаре́ца vǎgaréca |
Alternative forms
- въгъре́ц (vǎgǎréc) — dialectal
- у́гър (úgǎr), у́гар (úgar), въ́гър (vǎ́gǎr), я́гър (jágǎr) — outdated, regional
Derived terms
- въ́гарест (vǎ́garest), въгари́т (vǎgarít, “creepy, annoying, irritant like a bug”)
- въгаря́сам (vǎgarjásam, “to get infected by gadfly's larvae”)
References
- “въгарец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “въгарец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въгърец, въгарец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 201