глутница

Bulgarian

Etymology

Standardized colloquial reflex of an earlier глотни́ца (glotníca) (dated), spread into the standard language from a Western dialect. Equivalent to гло́та (glóta, “mixture, crowd”) (dialectal) +‎ -ница (-nica).

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Noun

глу́тница • (glútnica) f

1. (collective) pack (of wolves, dogs)
2. (figurative) gang (of people)

   Synonyms: ба́нда (bánda), ша́йка (šájka)

Declension

Alternative forms

• глотни́ца (glotníca), глутни́ца (glutníca)

Related terms

• гло́тка (glótka, “impurity”) (dialectal)
• гло́тина (glótina, “admixture”) (dialectal)

References

• “глутница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “глутница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глутница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 252

Macedonian

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• Hyphenation: глут‧ни‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

глутница • (glutnica) f (plural глутници, relational adjective глутнички)

1. (collective) pack (group of animals, usually wolves, that move and attack together)
2. (figurative) gang, mob (group of people attacking someone)

   Synonym: банда (banda)

Declension

References

• “глутница” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu