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]

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Noun

бу́ца • (búca) f (diminutive бу́чка or бу́чица)

1. clod, lump, hunch

   буца сирене ― buca sirene ― a bunch of cheese

   буца пръст ― buca prǎst ― a lump of soil

Declension

Declension of бу́ца

	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