гмеж

Bulgarian

Etymology

Uncertain. According to Vl. Georgiev, possibly coined by Pencho Slaveykov on the basis of Bulgarian гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to diffuse”) (from Proto-Slavic *gъmьzati) or possibly a resultant noun of *žęti (“to compress”) +‎ *-ežь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡmɛʃ]

Noun

гмеж • (gmež) f

(poetic) dense crowd
Synonym: гъмжи́ло (gǎmžílo)

Declension

Declension of гмеж

	singular
indefinite	гмеж gmež
definite	гмежта́ gmežtá

Related terms

гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to diffuse”)
гъч (gǎč, “extreme crowding”) (possibly)
гъст (gǎst, “dense”) (possibly)

References

гмеж in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
гмеж in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “гмеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 255