# лузгам
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɫuzɡɐm]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luzgati (“to slide”).

#### Verb

лу́згам • (lúzgam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective лу́зна) (dialectal)
* (transitive) to glide, to skim
* (transitive, figurative) to deceive, to swindle, to fool s.o.
* (reflexive with се) to slip (to lose one's balance)

##### Conjugation

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##### Alternative forms

* хлу́згам (hlúzgam) — with epenthetic #x-

##### Derived terms

* залузгам pf (zaluzgam), залузвам impf (zaluzvam)
* излузгам pf (izluzgam), излузвам impf (izluzvam)
* подлузгам pf (podluzgam), подлузна impf (podluzna)
* полузгам pf (poluzgam), полузвам impf (poluzvam)
* слузгам се pf (sluzgam se), слузна се impf (sluzna se)
* лузвам (luzvam) (semelfactive)
* (action noun) лу́зганица (lúzganica)
* (agent noun) лузга́ч (luzgáč)
* лу́згав (lúzgav)

##### Related terms

* хлъ́згам (hlǎ́zgam), ли́згам (lízgam, “to slide”)
* хлу́зя (hlúzja, “to slip on”)
* слуз (sluz, “slime, mucus”)

#### References

* “лузгам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “лу́згамь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 23
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лузгам¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 493

### Etymology 2

Deverbal factitive from Proto-Slavic *luzga (“peel”), possibly related to Etymology 1. Attested in Old Church Slavonic лꙋзгати (luzgati).

#### Verb

лу́згам • (lúzgam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective лу́зна) (dialectal)
* (transitive) to smack, to tug something off
* (transitive) to shove, to thrust, to ram (to apply sudden thrust onto s.t. in order to propel it)
* (transitive, figurative) to urge, to spur, to goad (a person or a driving animal)
* (reflexive with се) to hit oneself onto s.t. during an accident (+ по (po))
    лу́згам се по глава́та ― lúzgam se po glaváta ― to hit [unintentionally] one's head

##### Conjugation

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##### Alternative forms

* лю́згам (ljúzgam)

##### Derived terms

* излузгам pf (izluzgam), излузвам impf (izluzvam)
* отлузгам pf (otluzgam), отлузвам impf (otluzvam)
* разлузгам pf (razluzgam), разлузвам impf (razluzvam)
* улузгам pf (uluzgam), улузвам impf (uluzvam)

##### Related terms

* лу́зя (lúzja, “to rub”) (dialectal)
* лю́скам impf (ljúskam), лю́сна pf (ljúsna, “to slam, to fling”)
* лю́щя (ljúštja, “to peel”)
* лу́зна (lúzna, “scar, wound”) (dialectal)

#### References

* “лузгам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лузгам²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 493