хлъзгав

Bulgarian

Etymology

From хлъ́згам (hlǎ́zgam, “to slide, to slip”) +‎ -ав (-av). Cognate with Macedonian лизгав (lizgav).

Adjective

хлъ́згав • (hlǎ́zgav) (abstract noun хлъ́згавост)

1. slippery

   Synonym: плъ́згав (plǎ́zgav)

Declension

Declension of хлъ́згав (no comparative)

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	хлъ́згав hlǎ́zgav	хлъ́згава hlǎ́zgava	хлъ́згаво hlǎ́zgavo	хлъ́згави hlǎ́zgavi
definite (subject form)	хлъ́згавият hlǎ́zgavijat	хлъ́згавата hlǎ́zgavata	хлъ́згавото hlǎ́zgavoto	хлъ́згавите hlǎ́zgavite
definite (object form)	хлъ́згавия hlǎ́zgavija

Alternative forms

• хли́згав (hlízgav), ли́згав (lízgav) — with enlonged grade, dialectal

Related terms

• хлъ́згане (hlǎ́zgane, “sliding, slipping”)

References

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