буца

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *butьca; equivalent to буте́я (butéja, “to swell, to clumb”) (dialectal) +‎ -ца (-ca). Akin to Latin buttis (“cask”), butticula (“bottle”), whence Serbo-Croatian бу̏ћа (“bumpkin”), Slovene búča (“bumpkin”) and Bulgarian бу́тилка (bútilka, “bottle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbut͡sə]

Noun

бу́ца • (búca) f (diminutive бу́чка or бу́чица)

1. clod, lump, hunch

   Synonyms: (obsolescent) гру́да (grúda), (dialectal) ту́мба (túmba)

Declension

Declension of бу́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	бу́ца búca	бу́ци búci
definite	бу́цата búcata	бу́ците búcite

Derived terms

• бу́цам (búcam, “to shove, to jog”) (rare)
• буца́га (bucága), буцу́га (bucúga, “large lump”) (Western dialects)

Related terms

• бут (but, “pusher, hammer”) (dialectal)

References

• буца in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• буца in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “буца”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 94