деруга

Bulgarian

Etymology

дера́ (derá, “to tear, to flay”) +‎ -уга (-uga)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈruɡɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

деру́га • (derúga) f (dialectal)

1. furrow, groove, ditch (place which has been torn)
2. rupture, fissure (result of tearing)
3. (in agriculture) unplouged demarcation line, separating different sectors of a field

Declension

Declension of белу́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	белу́га belúga	белу́ги belúgi
definite	белу́гата belúgata	белу́гите belúgite

Alternative forms

• диру́га (dirúga) — dialectal

Related terms

• ди́ря (dírja, “trace”)

References

• “деруга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “деру́га, дьру́га”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 286