Bulgarian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pušiti.

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пу́ша (púša) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to fume, to smoulder, to emit smoke
    Synonyms: димя́ (dimjá), чадя́ (čadjá), чуря́ (čurjá)
  2. (transitive, cooking) to flavour [food] via smoking
  3. (intransitive) to smoke (as a habit)
  4. (transitive) to smoke (tobacco and alike products)
  5. (reflexive with се, figurative) to fuss, to sulk
    Synonyms: съ́рдя се (sǎ́rdja se), ду́я се (dúja se)
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References edit

  • пуша¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пуша”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пуша¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 18
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пуша се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 20

Etymology 2 edit

Probably causative-iterative denominal from dialectal пух (puh, bump, bulge, swelling) +‎ (-ja).

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пу́ша (púša) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective пу́шна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to tap, to stuff up, to fill up
    пу́ша празнини́те с гипсpúša prazniníte s gipsto fill up the gaps with plaster
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References edit

  • пуша²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пуша²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 19