мъка

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See also: мука, and мѫка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫka (abstract noun), originally meaning “pressure, stress”.

Pronunciation

Noun

мъ́ка (mǎ́kaf

  1. trouble, hardship, struggle, laborious effort (experience)
    с мъка върша нещоs mǎka vǎrša neštoto do something with a struggle
    с триста мъки (idiom)s trista mǎkiwith great difficulty (literally, “with three hundred efforts”)
  2. throe, agony, anguish, suffering (feeling, sensation)
    творческа мъкаtvorčeska mǎkathroes of creation
    родилни мъкиrodilni mǎkipangs of childbirth
  3. (figurative) sadness, sorrow, depression
    някому е мъкаnjakomu e mǎkato feel/experience sadness (literally, “there is stress/hardship onto s.o.”)

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