бъз

Bulgarian

храст бъз (1)

хвост бъз (2)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъzъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɤs]

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Noun

бъз • (bǎz) m (relational adjective бъ́зов)

1. elder (shrub of genus Sambucus)
2. elder's inflorescence

Declension

Declension of бъз

	singular	plural
indefinite	бъз bǎz	бъ́зове bǎ́zove
definite (subject form)	бъ́зът bǎ́zǎt	бъ́зовете bǎ́zovete
definite (object form)	бъ́за bǎ́za
count form	—	бъ́за bǎ́za

Alternative forms

• боз (boz), баз (baz) — dialectal
• бъзд (bǎzd) — obsolete

Derived terms

• бъза́к (bǎzák), бъзо́вляк (bǎzóvljak) (augmentative or collective)
• бъ́зей (bǎ́zej), бъзу́н (bǎzún), бъ́зика (bǎ́zika) (dialectal)
• бъ́зе (bǎ́ze), бъ́зел (bǎ́zel, “dwarf elder”)
• бъзина́ (bǎziná, “elderwood”)
• бъзоли́н (bǎzolín, “beverage made of elderberries”) (colloquial)

References

• “бъз¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бъз (I)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бъз¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 97

Anagrams

• зъб (zǎb)