юзда

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic оузда (uzda), from Proto-Slavic *uzda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̟ˈzda]

Noun

юзда́ • (juzdá) f

1. A curb (driving bit for a horse).
2. The metal part of such a curb.

Declension

Declension of юзда́

	singular	plural
indefinite	юзда́ juzdá	юзди́ juzdí
definite	юзда́та juzdáta	юзди́те juzdíte

Derived terms

• отпу́скам юзди́те (otpúskam juzdíte, “to give free rein”, literally “to loosen the curbs”)
• стя́гам юзди́те (stjágam juzdíte, “to restrain, to curb”, literally “to tighten the curbs”)

References

• “юзда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “юзда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “юзда”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1089

Anagrams

• дюза (djuza)