вегав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Оf disputed origin:

• Per Vl. Georgiev (BER): From a dialectal variant of ве́жда (véžda, “eyebrow”) +‎ -ав (-av) (compare Macedonian веѓа (veǵa)) that has spread to other dialects. Effectively reflecting Proto-Slavic *věďavъ, probably originally meaning staring, glaring, focused. Compare colloquial Bulgarian кьо́рав (kjórav, “with bad vision”) from Turkish görmek (“to watch, to see”).
• Per Lj. Kurkina: Inherited from (Southern) Proto-Slavic *věgavъ, cognate with Serbo-Croatian ве̏гав (“awry”) (dialectal), Slovene vẹ̑g, vẹ̑gav, vẹ́gast (“out of focus, curved”). Potentially akin to Lithuanian vìglas (“agile, mobile”), vigrùs (“deft, neat”), Sanskrit वेग (vega, “movement”), English wick from Proto-Indo-European *weg- or less likely to English wake, watch, Latin vigor from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.
• Per N. Gerov: From an earlier вѧгавъ (vęgavŭ), possibly reflecting the contemporary pronunciation in 19th century (by that time nasal -ѧ- has been pronounced as /æ/). Compare however Lithuanian véngti (“to avoid”) (sometimes compared with Slovene vẹ́gati (“to twist, to wave”) whence vẹ̑gav).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛɡɐf]

• Audio:

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  (in South-Eastern dialects)

Adjective

ве́гав • (végav)

1. (dialectal) cross-eyed, squint (for vision), strabismic

   Synonyms: кривогле́д (krivogléd), (dialectal) кривове́д (krivovéd), (slang) ша́шав (šášav)

Declension

Positive forms of ве́гав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	ве́гав végav	ве́гава végava	ве́гаво végavo	ве́гави végavi
definite (subject form)	ве́гавият végavijat	ве́гавата végavata	ве́гавото végavoto	ве́гавите végavite
definite (object form)	ве́гавия végavija

Comparative forms of ве́гав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	по́-ве́гав pó-végav	по́-ве́гава pó-végava	по́-ве́гаво pó-végavo	по́-ве́гави pó-végavi
definite (subject form)	по́-ве́гавият pó-végavijat	по́-ве́гавата pó-végavata	по́-ве́гавото pó-végavoto	по́-ве́гавите pó-végavite
definite (object form)	по́-ве́гавия pó-végavija

Superlative forms of ве́гав

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
indefinite	на́й-ве́гав náj-végav	на́й-ве́гава náj-végava	на́й-ве́гаво náj-végavo	на́й-ве́гави náj-végavi
definite (subject form)	на́й-ве́гавият náj-végavijat	на́й-ве́гавата náj-végavata	на́й-ве́гавото náj-végavoto	на́й-ве́гавите náj-végavite
definite (object form)	на́й-ве́гавия náj-végavija

Alternative forms

• вег (veg), вед (ved) — obsolete
• вя́гав (vjágav) — in Central, South-Western dialects

Related terms

• вежда́т (veždát), ве́ждест (véždest, “with thick eyebrows”) (possibly)

Further reading

• “viglas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “vengti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

• Nayden Gerov (1895) “вѧ́гавый”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 203

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