въгарец

Bulgarian

Въгарци (ларви)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫgrъ (creep, bug, larva) + -ец (-ec). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian у̀грк (larva of gadfly), Slovene ọ̑grc (pustula caused by a parasite) and akin to Polish wągier (comedo), Czech uher (pimple).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vəɡɐˈrɛt͡s]

Noun

въгаре́ц (vǎgaréc) m

  1. (obsolete) parasitic bug, worm, creep
    Synonym: (partially) глист (glist)
  2. parasitic larva of botflies (which causes myiasis on ungulates and other large mammals)
  3. (by extension) (adult) botfly, gadfly, warble fly (dipteran insect of family Oestridae)
    Synonym: щръ́клица (štrǎ́klica)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • въгъре́ц (vǎgǎréc) dialectal
  • у́гър (úgǎr), у́гар (úgar), въ́гър (vǎ́gǎr), я́гър (jágǎr) outdated, regional

Derived terms

  • въ́гарест (vǎ́garest), въгари́т (vǎgarít, creepy, annoying, irritant like a bug)
  • въгаря́сам (vǎgarjásam, to get infected by gadfly's larvae)

References

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