purga
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Russian пурга́ (purgá), from a Finnic source such as southern Karelian purgu or Veps purg (“snowstorm”).
=== Noun ===
purga (plural purgas)
A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpur.ɡa/
Rhymes: -urɡa
Hyphenation: pùr‧ga
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
purga f (plural purghe)
purgative, purge, laxative
Synonyms: purgante, lassativo
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
purga
inflection of purgare:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
== Latin ==
=== Verb ===
pūrgā
second-person singular present active imperative of pūrgō
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: pur‧ga
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
purga f (plural purgas)
purge (clarification of this definition is needed)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
purga
inflection of purgar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“purga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“purga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French purger, from Latin purgare.
=== Verb ===
a purga (third-person singular present purghează, past participle purgat) 1st conjugation
to purge
==== Conjugation ====
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpuɾɡa/ [ˈpuɾ.ɣ̞a]
Rhymes: -uɾɡa
Syllabification: pur‧ga
=== Etymology 1 ===
Deverbal from purgar.
==== Noun ====
purga f (plural purgas)
purge
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
purga
inflection of purgar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“purga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish purga.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /puɾˈɡa/ [pʊɾˈɡa]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: pur‧ga
=== Noun ===
purgá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜄ)
(medicine) purgative; cathartic; laxative
Synonyms: pampadumi, katarsis, purgante, laksante
act of purging
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== References ===
“purga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018