горчица

See also: gorčica

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gorьčica. Equivalent to горък (gorǎk, “bitter”) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡorˈt͡ʃit͡sɐ]

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• Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

горчи́ца • (gorčíca) f

1. (uncountable) mustard
2. (uncountable) mustard greens (plants of order Brassicaceae)
3. (dialectal) herb with bitter taste

   Synonym: синап (sinap)

Declension

Declension of горчи́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	горчи́ца gorčíca	горчи́ци gorčíci
definite	горчи́цата gorčícata	горчи́ците gorčícite

Related terms

• жар (žar, “embers”)
• горец (gorec, “hops”)
• горест (gorest, “sorrow, pain”)
• горещ (gorešt), горък (gorǎk, “hot”)
• горча (gorča), нагарчам (nagarčam, “taste bitter”)
• горчивина (gorčivina), горчивост (gorčivost, “bitterness”)
• горчивка (gorčivka, “bitter substance”)
• горя (gorja, “to burn”)

References

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

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gorьčica. By surface analysis, го́рький (górʹkij, “bitter”) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɐrˈt͡ɕit͡sə]

• Audio:

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Noun

горчи́ца • (gorčíca) f inan (genitive горчи́цы, uncountable, relational adjective горчи́чный)

1. mustard

Declension

Declension of горчи́ца (inan sg-only fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	горчи́ца gorčíca
genitive	горчи́цы gorčícy
dative	горчи́це gorčíce
accusative	горчи́цу gorčícu
instrumental	горчи́цей, горчи́цею gorčícej, gorčíceju
prepositional	горчи́це gorčíce

Related terms

• го́речь (górečʹ)
• горчи́чник (gorčíčnik)
• горчичный газ (gorčičnyj gaz)
• го́рький (górʹkij)

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian горчица (gorčica).

Noun

горчица • (gorcitsa)

1. mustard