пугав

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pugavъ/*pǫgavъ, probably borrowed from Russian. Morphologically equivalent to пуг (pug, “thrust, prod”) (dated) +‎ -ав (-av). Further akin to Old Church Slavonic пѫгꙑ (pǫgy, “metal button”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuɡɐf]

Adjective

пу́гав • (púgav)

1. (dialectal) bulged, protruded

Declension

Positive forms of шу́гав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	шу́гав šúgav	шу́гава šúgava	шу́гаво šúgavo	шу́гави šúgavi
definite (subject form)	шу́гавият šúgavijat	шу́гавата šúgavata	шу́гавото šúgavoto	шу́гавите šúgavite
definite (object form)	шу́гавия šúgavija

Comparative forms of шу́гав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-шу́гав pó-šúgav	по́-шу́гава pó-šúgava	по́-шу́гаво pó-šúgavo	по́-шу́гави pó-šúgavi
definite (subject form)	по́-шу́гавият pó-šúgavijat	по́-шу́гавата pó-šúgavata	по́-шу́гавото pó-šúgavoto	по́-шу́гавите pó-šúgavite
definite (object form)	по́-шу́гавия pó-šúgavija

Superlative forms of шу́гав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-шу́гав náj-šúgav	на́й-шу́гава náj-šúgava	на́й-шу́гаво náj-šúgavo	на́й-шу́гави náj-šúgavi
definite (subject form)	на́й-шу́гавият náj-šúgavijat	на́й-шу́гавата náj-šúgavata	на́й-шу́гавото náj-šúgavoto	на́й-шу́гавите náj-šúgavite
definite (object form)	на́й-шу́гавия náj-šúgavija

Related terms

• пу́гавица (púgavica, “button of a military suit”) (obsolete, Russian borrowing)
• пуга́ч (pugáč, “Cossack, Russian soldier”) (obsolete, as a mockery)

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пугавица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 844

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʊˈɡaf]

Participle

пуга́в • (pugáv)

1. short past adverbial imperfective participle of пуга́ть (pugátʹ)