малюга

Bulgarian

чукало малюга

Etymology

By surface analysis, мал / маль (mal, “mallet”) +‎ -уга (-uga) (augmentative suffix), of Latin origin (the suffix is native).

Noun

малю́га • (maljúga) (dialectal)

1. hammer's head; thick end of a bat, bludgeon
2. stonemason's maul

Declension

Declension of малю́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	малю́га maljúga	малю́ги maljúgi
definite	малю́гата maljúgata	малю́гите maljúgite

Related terms

• млат (mlat, “thresher, mallet”) (native cognate)
• мали́ца (malíca, “maul”) (dialectal)

References

• “малюга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “малю́га”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 202
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “малюга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 631