мечава

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, ме́ча (méča, “to bleat”) +‎ -ава (-ava).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛˈt͡ʃa̟vɐ]

Noun

меча́ва • (mečáva) f (dialectal)

1. whirlwind, blizzard

Declension

Declension of меча́ва

	singular	plural
indefinite	меча́ва mečáva	меча́ви mečávi
definite	меча́вата mečávata	меча́вите mečávite

References

• “мечава”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мечава”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 776