щава

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьčava (“pungent liquid”).

Noun

ща́ва • (štáva) f

  1. tanning mush/liqueur used for soaking up leather or another raw material (before processing it)

Declension
Declension of ща́ва
singular plural
indefinite ща́ва
štáva		 ща́ви
štávi
definite ща́вата
štávata		 ща́вите
štávite

Derived terms
  • ща́вя (štávja, “to tan”)
  • си́цам (sícam, “to leak, to piss”) (dialectal)
  • ща́вел (štável, “sorrel”)

References
  • щава in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • щава in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • Gerov, Najden (1895) , “ща́ва”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 596
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