жегъл
Appearance
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formally from an earlier *žeglъ / *žeglo, from the root of же́гна (žégna, “to prod, to scorch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]же́гъл • (žégǎl) m
- (dialectal) branding needle, rod
- (by generalization) stick, rod, pole
- жегло на ярем ― žeglo na jarem ― pole of a yoke
- (figuratively) slender person
Declension
[edit]Declension of же́гъл
Alternative forms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “жегъл”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “же́гълъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 14
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жегъл”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 530