грезен
Bulgarian
Etymology
Substantivized form of Proto-Slavic *gręzьnъ (“muddy, sludgy”) or from *gręzenь. Akin to Ukrainian грузь (hruzʹ, “swamp”), Polish grąz (“bog, mire”).
Nowadays mainly attested in toponyms.
Noun
гре́зен • (grézen) m
- (dialectal, obsolete) thick mud mass
- (dialectal) riverine sediment
- (by extendion) dried mire, moor, bog (geological formation)
Declension
Declension of гре́зен
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | гре́зен grézen |
| definite (subject form) | гре́зенът grézenǎt |
| definite (object form) | гре́зена grézena |
Related terms
- грез (grez), гряз (grjaz, “mud, sludge, dirt”) (archaic, obsolete)
- грезни́ца (grezníca, “mire, bog”) (dialectal)
References
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “Грезен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 278