глутница

Bulgarian

Etymology

Standardized colloquial reflex of an earlier глотни́ца (glotníca) (dated), spread into the standard language from a Western dialect. Equivalent to гло́та (glóta, “mixture, crowd”) (dialectal) +‎ -ница (-nica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫutnit͡sɐ]

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Noun

глу́тница • (glútnica) f

1. (collective) pack (of wolves, dogs)
2. (figurative) gang (of people)

   Synonyms: ба́нда (bánda), ша́йка (šájka)

Declension

Declension of глу́тница

	singular	plural
indefinite	глу́тница glútnica	глу́тници glútnici
definite	глу́тницата glútnicata	глу́тниците glútnicite

Alternative forms

• глотни́ца (glotníca), глутни́ца (glutníca)

Related terms

• гло́тка (glótka, “impurity”) (dialectal)
• гло́тина (glótina, “admixture”) (dialectal)

References

• “глутница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “глутница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глутница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 252

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫutnit͡sa]
• Hyphenation: глут‧ни‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

глутница • (glutnica) f (plural глутници, relational adjective глутнички)

1. (collective) pack (group of animals, usually wolves, that move and attack together)
2. (figurative) gang, mob (group of people attacking someone)

   Synonym: банда (banda)

Declension

Declension of глутница

	singular	plural
indefinite	глутница (glutnica)	глутници (glutnici)
definite unspecified	глутницата (glutnicata)	глутниците (glutnicite)
definite proximal	глутницава (glutnicava)	глутнициве (glutnicive)
definite distal	глутницана (glutnicana)	глутницине (glutnicine)
vocative	глутнице (glutnice)	глутници (glutnici)

References

• “глутница” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu