глеч
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editUltimately from German Glätte (“smoothness”), spread via Western South Slavic dialects: Serbo-Croatian гле̏ђа (“glazing”), Macedonian глеѓ (gleǵ, “enamel”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editглеч • (gleč) f
- glaze (vitreous overcoat of materials and ceramic pottery)
- (colloquial) enamel (outer layer of teeth)
- Synonym: (standard) ема́йл (emájl)
Declension
editDeclension of глеч
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- гледжо́сам (gledžósam, “to glaze”)
References
edit- “глеч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “глеч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глеч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 248