гав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from Proto-Slavic *gavъ. Compare Latin gāvia (“type of bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaf]

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Noun

гав • (gav) m

1. (dialectal) bird's cawing cry (typically of crows)
2. (dialectal) beast's roar (typically of carnivora)

Declension

Declension of гав

	singular	plural
indefinite	гав gav	га́вове gávove
definite (subject form)	га́вът gávǎt	га́вовете gávovete
definite (object form)	га́ва gáva
count form	—	га́ва gáva

Derived terms

• гав-гав (gav-gav, “caw-caw”)
• га́вкам (gávkam, “to bark, to caw”)
• га́вка (gávka, “crow, rook; stupid girl”) (dialectal)

Related terms

• га́вед (gáved, “wild stock, wild beasts”) (dialectal, collective)
• гаве́з (gavéz, “comfrey”)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га́вка”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 221