мъчник

Bulgarian

Etymology

Equivalent to Proto-Slavic *mǫka (product noun) + -ник (-nik). The base noun is attested within older literature as obs. мука́ (muká), which is a Russian borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɤt͡ʃnik]

Noun

мъ́чник • (mǎ́čnik) m (obsolete)

flour bin, crate (box in which flour is collected during milling)

Declension

Declension of мъ́чник
	singular	plural
indefinite	мъ́чник mǎ́čnik	мъ́чници mǎ́čnici
definite (subject form)	мъ́чникът mǎ́čnikǎt	мъ́чниците mǎ́čnicite
definite (object form)	мъ́чника mǎ́čnika	мъ́чниците mǎ́čnicite
count form	—	мъ́чника mǎ́čnika

Alternative forms

мъчня́к (mǎčnják) — with suffix -няк (-njak) instead

Related terms

мъ́ча (mǎ́ča, “to pressure, to torment”)
мъ́ка (mǎ́ka, “hardship, suffering, sorrow”) (abstract noun)
мек (mek, “soft”) (e-grade)

References

“мъчник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѫ́чникъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 108
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъчник”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 438