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Bulgarian
Etymology
Uncertain. According to Vl. Georgiev, possibly coined by Pencho Slaveykov on the basis of Bulgarian гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to diffuse”) (from Proto-Slavic *gъmьzati) or possibly a resultant noun of *žęti (“to compress”) + *-ežь.
Pronunciation
Noun
гмеж • (gmež) f
- (poetic or derogatory) dense crowd, throng
- Synonym: гъмжи́ло (gǎmžílo)
Declension
Declension of гмеж
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гмеж
gmež
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гмежта́
gmežtá
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- гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to diffuse”)
- гъч (gǎč, “extreme crowding”) (possibly)
- гъст (gǎst, “dense”) (possibly)
References
- “гмеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “гмеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гмеж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 255