гузен

By surface analysis, гу́зя се (gúzja se, “to shrink, to huddle, to cower”, dialectal) +‎ -ен (-en). Further origin not entirely clear. BER compares it with Russian гу́за (gúza, “wrinkle”), гузу́н (guzún, “confused person”), which may be further related to Lithuanian gaũžtis (“to hunch, to curl up”).

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гу́зен • (gúzen) (adverb гу́зно, abstract noun гу́зност)

1. ashamed, guilt-ridden, embarrassed by feeling of guilt

   Synonyms: сму́тен (smúten), засраме́н (zasramén)

   Гу́зен него́нен бя́га. (idiom) ― Gúzen negónen bjága. ― Guilty conscience needs no accuser. (literally, “Guilt-ridden one flees away chase them.”)

   гле́дам гу́зно ― glédam gúzno ― to be shamefaced

• “гузен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “гузен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гузен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 293
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “гу́знъıй”, 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 259

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гу́зен • (gúzen) n inan pl

1. genitive plural of гу́зно (gúzno)