плужек

Bulgarian

Etymology

From плъж (plǎž, “slug”) (dialectal) +‎ -ек (-ek). Ungrammatical -у- is probably due to convergence with dialectal Bulgarian плю́гам (pljúgam, “to taint, to blight”) (of expressive origin), related to Proto-Slavic *pľugavъ (“creepy, repulsive”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɫuʒɛk]

Noun

плу́жек • (plúžek) m

slug (naked snail)

Declension

Declension of плу́жек

	singular	plural
indefinite	плу́жек plúžek	плу́жеци plúžeci
definite (subject form)	плу́жекът plúžekǎt	плу́жеците plúžecite
definite (object form)	плу́жека plúžeka	плу́жеците plúžecite
count form	—	плу́жека plúžeka

Alternative forms

плъ́жек (plǎ́žek), плъ́жец (plǎ́žec), плъ́жак (plǎ́žak)
плу́жък (plúžǎk)
плу́жул (plúžul)

Related terms

пъ́лзя (pǎ́lzja, “to slide, to crawl”)
- пълза́ч (pǎlzáč, “crawler, creeper”) (formal)
плаз (plaz, “sled”)
плюга́ч (pljugáč, “low creature/person”) (dialectal)

References

“плужек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“плужек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плужък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 366
Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “плу́жекъ, плу́жькъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 45

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