наврага
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Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of на (na) + врага (vraga, “enemy”) (gen. sg.).
Adverb
[edit]на́врага • (návraga) (dialectal)
- expression of disdain, detachment, aversion: in vain, to hell with
- отива нещо наврага (idiom) ― otiva nešto navraga ― some situation/endeavour goes in vain
- Навраг му "услугите"! (idiom) ― Navrag mu "uslugite"! ― to be fed up of s.o. (literally, “To hell with his "favours"!”)
Alternative forms
[edit]- на́враг (návrag) — gen. pl.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “наврага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “на́врага”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 127