въгарец
Bulgarian
Въгарци (ларви)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ǫgrъ (“creep, bug, larva”) + -ец (-ec). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian у̀грк (“larva of gadfly”), Slovene ọ̑grc (“pustula caused by a parasite”) and akin to Polish wągier (“comedo”), Czech uher (“pimple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vəɡɐˈrɛt͡s]
Noun
въгаре́ц • (vǎgaréc) m
- (obsolete) parasitic bug, worm, creep
- Synonym: (partially) глист (glist)
- parasitic larva of botflies (which causes myiasis on ungulates and other large mammals)
- (by extension) (adult) botfly, gadfly, warble fly (dipteran insect of family Oestridae)
- Synonym: щръ́клица (štrǎ́klica)
Declension
Declension of въгаре́ц
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | въгаре́ц vǎgaréc | въгарци́ vǎgarcí |
| definite (subject form) | въгаре́цът vǎgarécǎt | въгарци́те vǎgarcíte |
| definite (object form) | въгаре́ца vǎgaréca | |
| count form | — | въгаре́ца vǎgaréca |
Alternative forms
- въгъре́ц (vǎgǎréc) – dialectal
- у́гър (úgǎr), у́гар (úgar), въ́гър (vǎ́gǎr), я́гър (jágǎr) – outdated, regional
Derived terms
- въ́гарест (vǎ́garest), въгари́т (vǎgarít, “creepy, annoying, irritant like a bug”)
- въгаря́сам (vǎgarjásam, “to get infected by gadfly's larvae”)
References
- въгарец in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- въгарец in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “въгърец, въгарец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 201