хитряга

Bulgarian

Etymology

хи́тър (hítǎr, “sly, cunning”) +‎ -яга (-jaga)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xiˈtrʲa̟ɡɐ]

Noun

хитря́га • (hitrjága) m

1. (colloquial) sly, crafty person

Usage notes

Grammatically, the lemma is declined as a feminine a-stem, but syntactically it behaves as a masculine.

Declension

Declension of хитря́га

	singular	plural
indefinite	хитря́га hitrjága	хитря́ги hitrjági
definite	хитря́гата hitrjágata	хитря́гите hitrjágite
vocative form	хитря́го hitrjágo	хитря́ги hitrjági

Related terms

• хитре́ц (hitréc, “slydog”)

References

• “хитряга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “хитряга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010