смулец

Bulgarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *sъmuliti (“to crunch; to silt, to sludge”) + -ец (-ec) (compare Russian му́лить (múlitʹ, “to grind, to munch”)) or a variant of dialectal смоле́ц (smoléc, “moth, maggot”) with reduction of unaccented -о- > -у-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smoˈlɛt͡s]

Noun

смуле́ц • (smuléc) m

1. (dialectal) earthworm, lumbricid (Lumbricus terrestris)

Declension

Declension of смуле́ц

	singular	plural
indefinite	смуле́ц smuléc	смулци́ smulcí
definite (subject form)	смуле́цът smulécǎt	смулци́те smulcíte
definite (object form)	смуле́ца smuléca
count form	—	смуле́ца smuléca

Related terms

• шму́ля (šmúlja, “to graze, to munch fruits/fodder”) (possibly)

References

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “смулец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 209
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “смуле́ць”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 208