метелица
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Bulgarian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- мѧ́телица (mę́telica) (in Gerov's dictionary)
Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, Proto-Slavic *metělь + -ица (-ica). Alternative form мѧтелица (mętelica), mentioned in Gerov's dictionary, is probably influenced by (the root of) obsolete *męti (“to crumble, to trample”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ме́телица • (mételica) f (dialectal)
- squall, gale, blizzard, stormbringer (a strong wind that brings storms)
- Synonyms: вие́лица (viélica), ви́хрушка (víhruška), хлапа́вица (hlapávica)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ме́телица
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | ме́телица mételica |
ме́телици mételici |
definite | ме́телицата mételicata |
ме́телиците mételicite |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- мете́ж (metéž, “mutiny, revolt”) (action noun of Proto-Slavic *męti (“to trample”))
References
[edit]- “метелица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѧ́телица”, 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), “метелица, мятелица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 767
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]мете́ль (metélʹ) + -ица (-ica)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]мете́лица • (metélica) f inan (genitive мете́лицы, nominative plural мете́лицы, genitive plural мете́лиц)
- (poetic) endearing diminutive of мете́ль (metélʹ, “blizzard, snowstorm”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of мете́лица (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | мете́лица metélica |
мете́лицы metélicy |
genitive | мете́лицы metélicy |
мете́лиц metélic |
dative | мете́лице metélice |
мете́лицам metélicam |
accusative | мете́лицу metélicu |
мете́лицы metélicy |
instrumental | мете́лицей, мете́лицею metélicej, metéliceju |
мете́лицами metélicami |
prepositional | мете́лице metélice |
мете́лицах metélicax |
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ица
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian nouns
- Bulgarian feminine nouns
- Bulgarian dialectal terms
- bg:Atmospheric phenomena
- Russian terms suffixed with -ица
- Russian 4-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian poetic terms
- Russian diminutive nouns
- Russian endearing terms
- Russian ц-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian ц-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- ru:Snow