въже

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic ѫже (ǫže), from Proto-Slavic *ǫže.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vɐˈʒɛ]
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Noun

въже́ • (vǎžé) n (relational adjective въ́жен)

  1. rope, line, cord, cable, hawser, lanyard
  2. (figuratively) gallows, halter, hempen collar
    отървавам въжето ― otǎrvavam vǎžeto ― to cheat the gallows
    плета си въжето ― pleta si vǎžeto ― to be heading straight for the gallows
    слагам си сам въжето на врата ― slagam si sam vǎžeto na vrata ― to put one's neck into the noose, to put a halter round one's own neck

Declension
Declension of въже́
singular plural
indefinite въже́
vǎžé		 въже́та, въжа́1
vǎžéta, vǎžá1
definite въже́то
vǎžéto		 въже́тата, въжа́та1
vǎžétata, vǎžáta1

1Archaic.

References
  • “въже”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “въже”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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