Bulgarian

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животинка глушец

Etymology

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By surface analysis, глух (gluh, deaf) +‎ -ец (-ec).

Formally identical with Polish głuszec (capercaillie), Czech hlušec (capercaillie), Ukrainian глуше́ць (hlušécʹ, wood grouse), Belarusian глушэ́ц (hlušéc, wood grouse) (cf. Bulgarian глуха́р (gluhár), глу́ха коко́шка (glúha kokóška, grouse) with the same meaning). Georgiev tentatively presumes origin from obsolete *глишь (*glišʹ, rodent) of Thracian origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡɫoˈʃɛt͡s]
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Noun

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глуше́ц (glušécm (diminutive глу́шче or глу́ше)

  1. (dialectal) mouse, rat
    Synonyms: ми́шка (míška), плъх (plǎh)

Declension

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Alternative forms

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References

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Macedonian

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Macedonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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глодач глушец (1)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɫuʃɛt͡s]
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  • Hyphenation: глу‧шец

Noun

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глушец (glušecm (plural глувци, diminutive глувче)

  1. mouse
  2. (computing) mouse
    Synonym: глувче (gluvče)

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References

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  • глушец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu