мелица

Bulgarian

уред мелица

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mędlica (equivalent to *mędlo +‎ *-ica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛlit͡sɐ]

Noun

ме́лица • (mélica) f (obsolescent)

1. scutcher (old-fashioned tool for scutching linen, hemp, flax, or other fibers)

   Synonym: мъна́лка (mǎnálka)

2. (figurative, derogatory) female tattler, gossiper (woman who talks and gossips too much)

Declension

Declension of ме́лица

	singular	plural
indefinite	ме́лица mélica	ме́лици mélici
definite	ме́лицата mélicata	ме́лиците mélicite

Related terms

• мъ́на (mǎ́na, “to scutch, to trample”)

References

• “мелица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѧ́лица”, 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 110
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мелица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 727