буца
Bulgarian
Etymology
According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, probably from буте́я (butéja, “to swell, to clumb”) (dialectal) + -ца (-ca) (formally reflecting an earlier *butьca).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbut͡sɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
бу́ца • (búca) f (diminutive бу́чка or бу́чица)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бу́ца búca |
бу́ци búci |
| definite | бу́цата búcata |
бу́ците búcite |
See also
- бу́там (bútam), бу́цам (búcam, “to shove, to jog”) (possibly related)
- буца́га (bucága), буцу́га (bucúga, “large lump”) (Western dialects)
References
- “буца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “буца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “бу́ца”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 88
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буца”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 94