абарга
Buryat
Adjective
абарга • (abarga)
- huge, great, enormous, giant, colossal, gigantic
- powerful
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Buryat абарга (abarga, “large, powerful”); абарга загаһан (abarga zagahan, “mythical fish”). From Mongolian аварга (avarga, “gigantic, enormous”), from Proto-Mongolic *aburγa (“large: of fish, serpents”). Kaluga may be the largest freshwater fish in the world.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐˈbarɡə]
Noun
аба́рга • (abárga) f anim (genitive аба́рги, nominative plural аба́рги, genitive plural аба́рг)
- (dialectal, Baikal) kaluga (Huso dauricus) (predatory sturgeon).
- Synonym: калуга (kaluga)
Declension
Declension of аба́рга (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | аба́рга abárga | аба́рги abárgi |
| genitive | аба́рги abárgi | аба́рг abárg |
| dative | аба́рге abárge | аба́ргам abárgam |
| accusative | аба́ргу abárgu | аба́рг abárg |
| instrumental | аба́ргой, аба́ргою abárgoj, abárgoju | аба́ргами abárgami |
| prepositional | аба́рге abárge | аба́ргах abárgax |
References
- Филин, Ф. П., editor (1965), “абарга”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow, Leningrad: Nauka, page 188