гав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from Proto-Slavic *gavъ. Compare Latin gāvia (“type of bird”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡaf]
Audio (file)

Noun

гав • (gav) m

(dialectal) bird's cawing cry (typically of crows)
(dialectal) beast's roar (typically of carnivora)

Declension

Declension of гав

	singular	plural
indefinite	гав gav	га́вове gávove
definite (subject form)	га́вът gávǎt	га́вовете gávovete
definite (object form)	га́ва gáva	га́вовете gávovete
count form	—	га́ва gáva

Derived terms

гав-гав (gav-gav, “caw-caw”)
га́вкам (gávkam, “to bark, to caw”)
га́вка (gávka, “crow, rook; stupid girl”) (dialectal)

Related terms

га́вед (gáved, “wild stock, wild beasts”) (dialectal, collective)
гаве́з (gavéz, “comfrey”)

Further reading

Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га́вка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 221

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.