Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From the onomatopoeia фу-у-у (fu-u-u, howling noise) + -ча́ (-čá). Suffix similar to буча́ (bučá, to tatter, to hum), муча́ (mučá, to moo), звуча́ (zvučá, to sound).

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Verb edit

фуча́ (fučá) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to blow, to hawl, to thunder repetitively (for wind)
    Synonyms: тъ́тна (tǎ́tna), буча́ (bučá)
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to puff loudly, to grunt (for animal, person)
    Synonym: сумтя́ (sumtjá)
  3. (reflexive, figurative) (+ reflexive pronoun) to hum, to ring (for noise)
    Фучи ми шум в главата.
    Fuči mi šum v glavata.
    A noise is ringing in my head.

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References edit

  • фуча”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • фуча”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010