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Bulgarian
Etymology
According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, probably from буте́я (butéja, “to swell, to clumb”) (dialectal) + -ца (-ca) (formally reflecting an earlier *butьca).
Pronunciation
Noun
бу́ца • (búca) f (diminutive бу́чка or бу́чица)
- clod, lump, hunch
- буца сирене ― buca sirene ― a bunch of cheese
- буца пръст ― buca prǎst ― a lump of soil
Declension
See also
- бу́там (bútam), бу́цам (búcam, “to shove, to jog”) (possibly related)
References
- “буца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “буца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “бу́ца”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 88
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буца”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 94