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Bulgarian
- мѧ́телица (mę́telica) (in Gerov's dictionary)
Etymology
By surface analysis, Proto-Slavic *metělь + -ица (-ica). Alternative form мѧтелица (mętelica), mentioned in Gerov's dictionary, is probably influenced by (the root of) obsolete *męti (“to crumble, to trample”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ме́телица • (mételica) f (dialectal)
- squall, gale, blizzard, stormbringer (a strong wind that brings storms)
- Synonyms: вие́лица (viélica), ви́хрушка (víhruška), хлапа́вица (hlapávica)
Declension
See also
References
- “метелица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѧ́телица”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 110
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “метелица, мятелица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 767
Russian
Etymology
мете́ль (metélʹ) + -ица (-ica)
Pronunciation
Noun
мете́лица • (metélica) f inan (genitive мете́лицы, nominative plural мете́лицы, genitive plural мете́лиц)
- (poetic) endearing diminutive of мете́ль (metélʹ, “blizzard, snowstorm”)
Declension