Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žužati. Onomatopoeic. Compare Russian жужжа́ть (žužžátʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʒo̟ˈʒɤ̟]
  • (file)

Verb edit

жужа́ (žužá) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective жу́жна)

  1. (intransitive) to hum, to buzz, to drone (of insects)

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References edit

  • жужа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жужа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жужа, жужвам, жужна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 556