работяга

Bulgarian

Etymology

рабо́тя (rabótja, to work) + -яга (-jaga)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rəboˈtʲa̟ɡə]

Noun

работя́га (rabotjága) m

  1. (colloquial) hard worker

Usage notes

Grammatically, the lemma is declined as a feminine a-stem, but syntactically it behaves as a masculine, e.g.:

  • един работяга, not **една работяга;
  • голям работяга, not **голяма работяга.

Declension

References

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbotęga. Synchronically analyzable as рабо́тать (rabótatʹ, to work) + -я́га (-jága).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rəbɐˈtʲaɡə]

Noun

работя́га (rabotjága) m anim or f anim (genitive работя́ги, nominative plural работя́ги, genitive plural работя́г)

  1. (colloquial, approvingly) hard worker; plodder, slogger
    Synonyms: тру́женик (trúženik), трудого́лик (trudogólik), трудя́га (trudjága)

Declension

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