Russian

Noun

буга́й • ‎(bugáj) m anim ‎(genitive бугая́ or буга́я, nominative plural бугаи́ or буга́и, genitive plural бугаёв or буга́ев)

1. (dialectal) uncastrated bull
2. (colloquial) bull (a large, strong man)

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Derived terms

• бугаи́на ‎(bugaína)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *buka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈɦɑi̯]

Noun

буга́й • ‎(buháj) m anim ‎(genitive бугая́, nominative plural бугаї́)

1. bull (uncastrated male of cattle)
2. (pejorative, figuratively) large, strong man
   • 1958, Mark Kropyvnytsky, (Please provide the title of the work), page 354:

     Добрим людям спочивок, а йому, чортовому бугаєві, співи.‎

     Dobrym ljudjam spočyvok, a jomu, čortovomu buhajevi, spivy.

     Good people get rest, but he, the damned “bull”, gets songs.

3. bittern (nocturnal marsh wader of the heron family)

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Noun

буга́й • ‎(buháj) m inan ‎(genitive бугая́, nominative plural бугаї́)

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