малюга

Bulgarian
чукало малюга

Etymology

By surface analysis, мал／маль (mal, “mallet”) +‎ -уга (-uga) (augmentative suffix), of Latin origin (the suffix is native).

Noun

малю́га • (maljúga) (dialectal)

  1. hammer's head; thick end of a bat, bludgeon
  2. stonemason's maul

Declension
Declension of малю́га
singular plural
indefinite малю́га
maljúga		 малю́ги
maljúgi
definite малю́гата
maljúgata		 малю́гите
maljúgite
  • млат (mlat, “thresher, mallet”) (native cognate)
  • мали́ца (malíca, “maul”) (dialectal)

References
  • “малюга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “малю́га”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 202
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “малюга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 631
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