гъмза

гъмза

Bulgarian

Грозде "Гъмза"

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps from жмя́ (žmjá, “to squeeze”) (dialectal) +‎ -за (-za) (< *gъmьdza). Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian гма̑зд (“swarm”), Russian го́моз (gómoz, “mob, pack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɤmzə]

Noun

гъ́мза • (gǎ́mza) f

1. (collective) Skadarka (sort of grapes)

   Synonyms: скада́рка (skadárka), меки́ш (mekíš)

2. (by extension) wine produced from the sort “Гъмза”

Declension

Declension of гъ́мза

	singular
indefinite	гъ́мза gǎ́mza
definite	гъ́мзата gǎ́mzata

Alternative forms

• ги́мза (gímza), ги́жа (gíža)

Related terms

• гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to swarm, to be packed”) (possibly)
  • гмеж (gmež), гъмжи́ло (gǎmžílo, “mob, swarm of people”)

References

• гъмза in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• гъмза in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “гъмза”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 302