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): [vɐɡɐˈrɛt͡s]
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Noun

въгаре́ц • (vǎgaréc) m

  1. (obsolete) parasitic bug, worm, creep
    Synonym: (partially) глист (glist)
  2. parasitic larva of botflies (which causes myiasis on ungulates and other large mammals)
  3. (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  • у́гър (úgǎr), у́гар (úgar), въ́гър (vǎ́gǎr), я́гър (jágǎr) — outdated, regional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 Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “въгарец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въгърец, въгарец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 201
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