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Bulgarian
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *sъmuliti (“to crunch; to silt, to sludge”) + -ец (-ec) (compare Russian му́лить (múlitʹ, “to grind, to munch”)) or a variant of dialectal смоле́ц (smoléc, “moth, maggot”) with reduction of unaccented -о- > -у-.
Pronunciation
Noun
смуле́ц • (smuléc) m
- (dialectal) earthworm, lumbricid (Lumbricus terrestris)
Declension
- шму́ля (šmúlja, “to graze, to munch fruits/fodder”) (possibly)
References
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “смулец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 209
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “смуле́ць”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 208