буцам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bud- / *but- + -цам (-cam, expressive verbal suffix) (cf. бо́цам (bócam) < бода́ (bodá, to pierce), кле́цам (klécam) < кля́кам (kljákam, to squat)). Akin to English beat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbut͡sɐm]
  • (file)

Verb

бу́цам • (búcam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective бу́цна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to push, to poke, to prod (with a tool)
  2. (transitive) to shovel, to spade

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • буцвам (bucvam) (semelfactive)
  • забуцам pf (zabucam), забуцвам impf (zabucvam)
  • набуцам pf (nabucam), набуцвам impf (nabucvam)
  • обуцам pf (obucam), обуцвам impf (obucvam)
  • разбуцам се pf (razbucam se), разбуцвам се impf (razbucvam se, to get moving) (figuratively)
  • бу́црав (búcrav) / бу́щрав (búštrav, shaggy, bushy) (dialectal)

References

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