глеч

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from German Glätte (“smoothness”), spread via Western South Slavic dialects: Serbo-Croatian гле̏ђа (“glazing”), Macedonian глеѓ (gleǵ, “enamel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡlɛt͡ʃ]

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Noun

глеч • (gleč) f

1. glaze (vitreous overcoat of materials and ceramic pottery)

   Synonyms: глазу́ра (glazúra), гланц (glanc)

2. (colloquial) enamel (outer layer of teeth)

   Synonym: (standard) ема́йл (emájl)

Declension

Declension of глеч

	singular	plural
indefinite	глеч gleč	гле́чи gléči
definite	глечта́ glečtá	гле́чите gléčite

Alternative forms

• гледж (gledž), глегь (glegʹ) (dialectal)

Derived terms

• гледжо́сам (gledžósam, “to glaze”)

References

• “глеч”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “глеч”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глеч”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 248