слуга

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sluga.

• IPA^(key): [sɫoˈɡa]

слуга́ • (slugá) f (feminine слуги́ня)

1. male servant
2. (figurative) agent, blind follower (of some agenda)

• слугу́вам (slugúvam, “to act as a servant”) (iterative)
• слу́жа (slúža, “to serve”) (causative-iterative)
  • служи́тел m (služítel), служи́телка f (služítelka, “employee”)
  • слу́жба (slúžba, “service”)
• слуга́р m (slugár), слуга́рка f (slugárka) (agent nouns, rare)
• слугина́ж (slugináž, “servitude”)

• заслу́га (zaslúga, “merit”)
• прислу́га (prislúga, “servants”) (collective)
  • прислу́жник m (prislúžnik), прислу́жница f (prislúžnica)
• услу́га (uslúga, “favour”)

• “слуга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “слуга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “слуга́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 193
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слуга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 117
• “слоуга”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

• гусла (gusla)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sluga.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫuɡa]

слуга • (sluga) m (plural слуги, feminine слугинка, relational adjective слугински)

1. servant

From Proto-Slavic *slūgà.

слуга́ (slugá) m

1. servant

Accent paradigm b.

• Belarusian: слуга́ (sluhá)
• Russian: слуга́ (slugá)
• Ukrainian: слуга́ (sluhá)

• Zaliznyak, Andrey A. (2019) “слуга́”, in Древнерусское ударение: Общие сведения и словарь [Old East Slavic accent: General Information and Dictionary] (in Russian), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Moscow: Publishing House “YASK”, →DOI, →ISBN, page 170

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sluga. Cognates include Irish slua, Lithuanian slaugà (“servitude”).

• IPA^(key): [sɫʊˈɡa]

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слуга́ • (slugá) m anim (genitive слуги́, nominative plural слу́ги, genitive plural слуг, feminine служа́нка)

1. servant

• прислужник (prislužnik)
• служа́нка (služánka)
• слу́жба (slúžba)
• служи́ть (služítʹ)
• служка (služka)
• услуга (usluga)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sluga.

• IPA^(key): /slǔːɡa/
• Hyphenation: слу‧га

слу́га m (Latin spelling slúga)

1. servant

From Proto-Slavic *sluga.

• IPA^(key): [sɫʊˈɦa]

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слуга́ • (sluhá) m pers or f pers (genitive слуги́, nominative plural слу́ги, genitive plural слуг, feminine служни́ця)

1. servant, manservant, waiter, valet

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “слуга”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka