мъзга

Bulgarian

Etymology

Blend of Proto-Slavic *mъzga (“mucus, silt”) (also borrowed into Romanian mâzgă (“slime”)) and *mězga (“sap”) (the later reflected by doublet Bulgarian мязга (mjazga)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈzɡa]

Noun

мъзга́ • (mǎzgá) f

1. serum extracted from plants, sap
2. (figurative) young blood, vital essence

Declension

Declension of мъзга́

	singular
indefinite	мъзга́ mǎzgá
definite	мъзга́та mǎzgáta

Alternative forms

• мязга (mjazga) — dialectal (from Proto-Slavic *mězga)
• млъзга́ (mlǎzgá, “lactose”) — dialectal (also refers to “plant's sap”)

Related terms

• мъ́згам (mǎ́zgam, “to smack, to smash”) (dialectal)
• мъх (mǎh, “moss”)

References

• “мъзга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мъзга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мьзга́”, 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 98
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъзга”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 379