мъчник

Bulgarian

Etymology

Equivalent to Proto-Slavic *mǫka (product noun) + -ник (-nik). The base noun is attested within older literature as obs. мука́ (muká), which is a Russian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɤt͡ʃnik]

Noun

мъ́чник • (mǎ́čnik) m (obsolete)

1. flour bin, crate (box in which flour is collected during milling)

Declension

Declension of мъ́чник

	singular	plural
indefinite	мъ́чник mǎ́čnik	мъ́чници mǎ́čnici
definite (subject form)	мъ́чникът mǎ́čnikǎt	мъ́чниците mǎ́čnicite
definite (object form)	мъ́чника mǎ́čnika
count form	—	мъ́чника mǎ́čnika

Alternative forms

• мъчня́к (mǎčnják) — with suffix -няк (-njak) instead

Related terms

• мъ́ча (mǎ́ča, “to pressure, to torment”)
• мъ́ка (mǎ́ka, “hardship, suffering, sorrow”) (abstract noun)
• мек (mek, “soft”) (e-grade)

References

• “мъчник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѫ́чникъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 108
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъчник”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 438

Further reading

• “мѫка²”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024