луга

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lugъ m, *luga f, probably of Germanic origin (see Proto-Germanic *laugō (“lye”)).

Mladenov tentatively considers a native origin (at least for some of the meanings), comparing it with native Bulgarian слуз (sluz) (with s-mobile), dial. лу́за (lúza, “mucus”) and possibly obsolete *luža (“puddle, silt”), Lithuanian liū̃gas (“swamp”).

• IPA^(key): [ɫoˈɡa]

луга́ • (lugá) f (diminutive луги́ца)

1. lye (alkalic solution)
   1. (chemistry) alkaline hydroxide
   2. (by extension) solution for melting snow
2. mire, muck, alluvium (dirty, polluted liquid such as dishwater or sewage)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) зо́ла (zóla), (partially) поми́я (pomíja)

3. (dialectal) mucilage, gluey substance

• лужа́н (lužán, “type of mollusc, slug”) (dialectal, possibly)

• “луга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “луга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лугá”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 22
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “луга¹, луга²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 485

• лу́га: IPA^(key): [ˈɫuɡə]
• луга́: IPA^(key): [ɫʊˈɡa]

лу́га • (lúga) m inan

1. genitive singular of луг (lug)

луга́ • (lugá) m inan pl

1. nominative/accusative plural of луг (lug)