varga

See also: Varga and vargă

Estonian

Noun

varga

1. genitive singular of varas

Galician

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wregis (“wall, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wreǵ- (“close”). Akin to Middle Irish fraig (“interior wall”), Welsh achwre (“wattled fence, palisade”), Sanskrit व्रज (vrajá, “wattle, fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾɣa̝/

Noun

varga f (plural vargas)

1. slab
2. fish trap; special kind of fishing net used in rivers

Related terms

• vargo (“stake; slab”)
• varganzo (“wattled fence”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “varga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “varga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “varga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hungarian

Etymology

Derived from varr (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒrɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: var‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

varga (plural vargák)

1. (dated) shoemaker, cobbler

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	varga	vargák
accusative	vargát	vargákat
dative	vargának	vargáknak
instrumental	vargával	vargákkal
causal-final	vargáért	vargákért
translative	vargává	vargákká
terminative	vargáig	vargákig
essive-formal	vargaként	vargákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vargában	vargákban
superessive	vargán	vargákon
adessive	vargánál	vargáknál
illative	vargába	vargákba
sublative	vargára	vargákra
allative	vargához	vargákhoz
elative	vargából	vargákból
delative	vargáról	vargákról
ablative	vargától	vargáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vargáé	vargáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vargáéi	vargákéi

Possessive forms of varga
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vargám	vargáim
2nd person sing.	vargád	vargáid
3rd person sing.	vargája	vargái
1st person plural	vargánk	vargáink
2nd person plural	vargátok	vargáitok
3rd person plural	vargájuk	vargáik

Synonyms

• cipész

Further reading

• varga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

varga

1. indefinite accusative plural of vargur
2. indefinite genitive plural of vargur

Old Norse

Noun

varga

1. accusative/genitive plural of vargr

Old Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish warga.

Noun

varga f

1. lip (fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth)

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “varga”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Hungarian varga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːrɡa/
• Hyphenation: var‧ga

Noun

vȃrga m (Cyrillic spelling ва̑рга)

1. (regional) shoemaker, cobbler

   Synonym: òbućār

References

• “varga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾɡa/ [ˈbaɾ.ɣ̞a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾɡa
• Syllabification: var‧ga

Noun

varga f (plural vargas)

1. steepest part of a slope

Further reading

• “varga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014