авгиеви обори
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, авги́еви (avgíevi, “Augean”, plural of авги́ев (avgíev)) + обо́ри (obóri, “stables”, plural of обо́р (obór)).
The cleaning of king Augeas's dirty stables was one of the 12 labors of Hercules; see Augean stables#Etymology for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]авги́еви обо́ри • (avgíevi obóri) pl
- (plural only) Augean stables (a filthy place; when used literally, refers to the dirty stables of king Augeas, which only Hercules was able to clean)
Declension
[edit]Declension of авги́еви обо́ри
| plural | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | авги́еви обо́ри avgíevi obóri |
| definite | авги́евите обо́ри avgíevite obóri |
References
[edit]- “авгиев”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “авгѝев”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 16