гмеж
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. According to Vl. Georgiev, possibly coined by Pencho Slaveykov on the basis of Bulgarian гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to diffuse”) (from Proto-Slavic *gъmьzati) or possibly a resultant noun of *žęti (“to compress”) + *-ežь.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
гмеж • (gmež) f
Declension edit
Declension of гмеж
singular | |
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indefinite | гмеж gmež |
definite | гмежта́ gmežtá |
Related terms edit
- гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to diffuse”)
- гъч (gǎč, “extreme crowding”) (possibly)
- гъст (gǎst, “dense”) (possibly)
References edit
- “гмеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “гмеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гмеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 255