мелица
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Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mędlica (equivalent to *mędlo + *-ica).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ме́лица • (mélica) f (obsolescent)
- scutcher (old-fashioned tool for scutching linen, hemp, flax, or other fibers)
- Synonym: мъна́лка (mǎnálka)
- (figurative, derogatory) female tattler, gossiper (woman who talks and gossips too much)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ме́лица
Related terms[edit]
- мъ́на (mǎ́na, “to scutch, to trample”)
References[edit]
- “мелица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѧ́лица”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 110
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мелица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 727