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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian руга́ть (rugátʹ), which is a doublet of ръга́я (rǎgája) (inherited), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rǫgati.

Superficially also resembles Bulgarian ръ́гам (rǎ́gam, to prod), however, their semantics don't match exactly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ruˈɡajə]

Verb

руга́я (rugája) impf

  1. (transitive) to scold, to rebuke, to malign, to curse [somebody]
    Synonyms: хо́кам (hókam), ка́рам (káram), ху́ля (húlja)
  2. (intransitive) to swear, to cuss
    руга́я като каруца́рrugája kato karucárto swear like a drayman
  3. (reflexive with се, in the plural) to call each other names

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • ру́гам (rúgam) dialectal

Derived terms

  • заруга́я pf (zarugája), заруга́вам impf (zarugávam)
  • изруга́я pf (izrugája), изруга́вам impf (izrugávam)
  • наруга́я pf (narugája), наруга́вам impf (narugávam)
  • обруга́я pf (obrugája), обруга́вам impf (obrugávam)
  • поруга́я pf (porugája), поруга́вам impf (porugávam, to defile)
  • руга (ruga, mockery) (obsolescent/dialectal)
  • ругатня́ (rugatnjá, insulst) (action noun)
  • руга́тел m (rugátel), руга́телка f (rugátelka) (agent nouns)
    • руга́телство (rugátelstvo, detraction)
    • руга́телен (rugátelen), руга́телски (rugátelski, scornful)
  • ру́жа (се) (rúža (se)), ру́жам (rúžam, to quarrel with) (dialectal)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rʊˈɡajə]

Participle

руга́я (rugája)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of руга́ть (rugátʹ)
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