длага
Bulgarian
Etymology
Most likely from Proto-Slavic *dolga. Georgiev (BER) tentatively proposes colloquial truncation of dialectal дла́бка (dlábka, “carved shape, notch”), classified as phonetically unlikely by Trubachev (ESSJa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɫaɡɐ]
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Noun
дла́га • (dlága) f
- (dialectal, dated) medical splint put against a fractured bone (to support its healing)
- Synonym: по́мощна ши́на (pómoštna šína)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | дла́га dlága |
дла́ги dlági |
| definite | дла́гата dlágata |
дла́гите dlágite |
Derived terms
- длаго́сам (dlagósam, “to splint”)
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “длага”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 399