Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Of expressive origin, from the onomatopoeia хлъц (hlǎc, hic). Possibly related to Polish łkać (to sob) (?).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

хъ́лцам (hǎ́lcam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective хлъ́цна)

  1. (intransitive) to blubber (to gasp while crying)
  2. (intransitive) to hiccup, to hiccough

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • хълцам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • хълцам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010