мъх

Bulgarian

мъх

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɤx]

Noun

мъх • (mǎh) m (relational adjective мъ́хен or мъ́хов)

1. moss, bryophyte (non-vascular plant of clade Setaphyta, most commonly within phylum Bryophyta)
2. (figurative) fuzz
3. (figurative) down (feathers of a bird)

Declension

Declension of мъх

	singular	plural
indefinite	мъх mǎh	мъ́хове mǎ́hove
definite (subject form)	мъ́хът mǎ́hǎt	мъ́ховете mǎ́hovete
definite (object form)	мъ́ха mǎ́ha
count form	—	мъ́ха mǎ́ha

Alternative forms

• мох (moh), моф (mof) — dialectal

Hyponyms

• листнат мъх (listnat mǎh, “leaf moss (div. Bryophyta)”)
• рогоспорангиев мъх (rogosporangiev mǎh, “hornwort (div. Anthocerotophyta)”)
• торфен мъх (torfen mǎh, “bog moss (class Sphagnopsida)”)
• чернодробен мъх (černodroben mǎh, “liverwort (div. Marchantiophyta)”)

Derived terms

• мъ́хав (mǎ́hav), мъха́т (mǎhát), мъхли́в (mǎhlív), мъхна́т (mǎhnát, “fibrous, moss-like”)
• мъ́шец (mǎ́šec) (diminutive)
• мъху́га (mǎhúga, “bird's down, plush”) (dialectal, Banat Bulgarian)

Related terms

• му́зга (múzga, “silt, clay, soft soil”) (dialectal)
• мъзга́ (mǎzgá, “sap”)

References

• “мъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мъхъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 96
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 435