гузен

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, гу́зя се (gúzja se, “to shrink, to huddle, to cower”, dialectal) +‎ -ен (-en). Further origin not entirely clear. BER compares it with Russian гу́за (gúza, “wrinkle”), гузу́н (guzún, “confused person”), which may be further related to Lithuanian gaũžtis (“to hunch, to curl up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡuzɛn]

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Adjective

гу́зен • (gúzen) (adverb гу́зно, abstract noun гу́зност)

1. ashamed, guilt-ridden, embarrassed by feeling of guilt

   Synonyms: сму́тен (smúten), засраме́н (zasramén)

   Гу́зен него́нен бя́га. (idiom) ― Gúzen negónen bjága. ― Guilty conscience needs no accuser. (literally, “Guilt-ridden one flees away [even if noone] chase them.”)

   гле́дам гу́зно ― glédam gúzno ― to be shamefaced

Declension

Positive forms of гу́зен

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	гу́зен gúzen	гу́зна gúzna	гу́зно gúzno	гу́зни gúzni
definite (subject form)	гу́зният gúznijat	гу́зната gúznata	гу́зното gúznoto	гу́зните gúznite
definite (object form)	гу́зния gúznija

Comparative forms of гу́зен

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	по́-гу́зен pó-gúzen	по́-гу́зна pó-gúzna	по́-гу́зно pó-gúzno	по́-гу́зни pó-gúzni
definite (subject form)	по́-гу́зният pó-gúznijat	по́-гу́зната pó-gúznata	по́-гу́зното pó-gúznoto	по́-гу́зните pó-gúznite
definite (object form)	по́-гу́зния pó-gúznija

Superlative forms of гу́зен

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	на́й-гу́зен náj-gúzen	на́й-гу́зна náj-gúzna	на́й-гу́зно náj-gúzno	на́й-гу́зни náj-gúzni
definite (subject form)	на́й-гу́зният náj-gúznijat	на́й-гу́зната náj-gúznata	на́й-гу́зното náj-gúznoto	на́й-гу́зните náj-gúznite
definite (object form)	на́й-гу́зния náj-gúznija

References

• “гузен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “гузен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гузен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 293
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “гу́знъıй”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 259

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡuzʲɪn]

Noun

гу́зен • (gúzen) n inan pl

1. genitive plural of гу́зно (gúzno)