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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gorьčica. Equivalent to горък (gorǎk, “bitter”) + -ица (-ica).
Pronunciation
Noun
горчи́ца • (gorčíca) f
- (uncountable) mustard
- (uncountable) mustard greens (plants of order Brassicaceae)
- (dialectal) herb with bitter taste
- Synonym: синап (sinap)
Declension
- жар (žar, “embers”)
- горец (gorec, “hops”)
- горест (gorest, “sorrow, pain”)
- горещ (gorešt), горък (gorǎk, “hot”)
- горча (gorča), нагарчам (nagarčam, “taste bitter”)
- горчивина (gorčivina), горчивост (gorčivost, “bitterness”)
- горчивка (gorčivka, “bitter substance”)
- горя (gorja, “to burn”)
References
- “горчица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gorьčica. By surface analysis, го́рький (górʹkij, “bitter”) + -ица (-ica).
Pronunciation
Noun
горчи́ца • (gorčíca) f inan (genitive горчи́цы, uncountable, relational adjective горчи́чный)
- mustard
Declension
Yakut
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian горчица (gorčica).
Noun
горчица • (gorcitsa)
- mustard