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отава

Pronunciation: [oˈtavɐ]

“отава” is a Bulgarian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. aftergrass that grows up after mowing
  2. sludge, dirty water after washing

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otava, however, the exact origin is uncertain. According to BER (following Vasmer, Trubachev), possibly a derivative of Bulgarian *товя (*tovja, “to add mass, to feed in order to make fat”) (causative of Old Church Slavonic тꙑти (tyti, “to fatten, to be fat”); cognate with Serbo-Croatian то̀вити (“to feed, to fatten”)). According to Stefan Mladenov, possibly derived or…

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