гъмза
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editUnclear. Perhaps from жмя́ (žmjá, “to squeeze”) (dialectal) + -за (-za) (< *gъmьdza). Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian гма̑зд (“swarm”), Russian го́моз (gómoz, “mob, pack”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editгъ́мза • (gǎ́mza) f
- (collective) Skadarka (sort of grapes)
- (by extension) wine produced from the sort “Гъмза”
Declension
editDeclension of гъ́мза
singular | |
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indefinite | гъ́мза gǎ́mza |
definite | гъ́мзата gǎ́mzata |
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
edit- гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to swarm, to be packed”) (possibly)
References
edit- “гъмза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “гъмза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гъмза”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 302
Anagrams
edit- мъзга (mǎzga)