жегъл

Bulgarian

Etymology

Fossilized l-partciple of Proto-Slavic *žegti (“to heat up, to burn”).

Noun

жѐгъл • (žѐgǎl) m

  1. (dialectal) branding needle, rod
  2. (by generalization) stick, rod, pole
    жегло на ярем ― žeglo na jarem ― pole of a yoke
  3. (figuratively) slender person

Alternative forms
  • жѐгла f (žѐgla)
  • жегло̀ n (žeglò)

Inflection
Inflection of жегъл
singular plural
indefinite жегъл жегли
definite
(subject form)		 жегълът жеглите
definite
(object form)		 жегъла
count form — жегъла
vocative form жегле жегли

References
  • жегъл in Речник на българския език
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “жегъл”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 530
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