буца
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *butьca, equivalent to буте́я (butéja, “to swell, to clumb”) (dialectal) + -ца (-ca). Akin to Latin buttis (“cask”), butticula (“bottle”), whence Serbo-Croatian бу̏ћа (“bumpkin”), Slovene búča (“bumpkin”) and Bulgarian бу́тилка (bútilka, “bottle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbut͡sə]
Noun
бу́ца • (búca) f (diminutive бу́чка or бу́чица)
- clod, lump, hunch
- Synonyms: гру́да (grúda) (obsolescent), ту́мба (túmba) (dialectal)
Declension
Declension of бу́ца
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бу́ца búca | бу́ци búci |
| definite | бу́цата búcata | бу́ците búcite |
Derived terms
- бу́цам (búcam, “to shove, to jog”) (rare)
- буца́га (bucága), буцу́га (bucúga, “large lump”) (Western dialects)
Related terms
- бут (but, “pusher, hammer”) (dialectal)
References
- буца in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- буца in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971) , “буца”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 94