ъгъл

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• ѫгълъ (ǫgǎl) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫgъlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”), from *h₂eng- (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɤɡɐɫ]

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Noun

ъ́гъл • (ǎ́gǎl) m (relational adjective ъ́гълен or ъ́глов, diminutive ъ́гълче)

1. angle, corner
   1. (specifically) street corner

      Synonyms: кьоше́ (kjošé), кът (kǎt)

Declension

Typical declension sees the stress shift to the second syllable in the plural, but retaining it on the first is also possible, although perhaps less standard.

Declension of ъ́гъл

	singular	plural
indefinite	ъ́гъл ǎ́gǎl	ъгли́, ъ́гъли ǎglí, ǎ́gǎli
definite (subject form)	ъ́гълът ǎ́gǎlǎt	ъгли́те, ъ́гълите ǎglíte, ǎ́gǎlite
definite (object form)	ъ́гъла ǎ́gǎla
count form	—	ъ́гъла ǎ́gǎla

Derived terms

• изпра́вен ъ́гъл (izpráven ǎ́gǎl, “straight angle”)
• о́стър ъ́гъл (óstǎr ǎ́gǎl, “acute angle”)
• под ъ́гъл (pod ǎ́gǎl, “at an angle”)
• прав ъ́гъл (prav ǎ́gǎl, “right angle”)
• тъп ъ́гъл (tǎp ǎ́gǎl, “angle over 90 degrees”)
• ъ́глест (ǎ́glest, “angular, jagged”)
• ъ́гълник (ǎ́gǎlnik, “square, try square, set square”)
• ъглова́т (ǎglovát, “angular, jagged”)
• ъглови́ден (ǎglovíden, “angular”)
• ъгломе́р (ǎglomér, “goniometer”)
• ъглополовя́ща (ǎglopolovjášta, “angle bisector”)

 

References

• “ъгъл”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ъгъл”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “ъгъл”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1088