гъмза

Bulgarian

Грозде "Гъмза"

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps from жмя́ (žmjá, “to squeeze”) (dialectal) +‎ -за (-za) (< *gъmьdza). Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian гма̑зд (“swarm”), Russian го́моз (gómoz, “mob, pack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɤmzɐ]

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Noun

гъ́мза • (gǎ́mza) f

1. (collective) Skadarka (sort of grapes)

   Synonyms: скада́рка (skadárka), меки́ш (mekíš)

2. (by extension) wine produced from the sort “Гъмза”

Declension

Declension of гъ́мза

	singular
indefinite	гъ́мза gǎ́mza
definite	гъ́мзата gǎ́mzata

Alternative forms

• ги́мза (gímza), ги́жа (gíža)

Related terms

• гъмжа́ (gǎmžá, “to swarm, to be packed”) (possibly)
  • гмеж (gmež), гъмжи́ло (gǎmžílo, “mob, swarm of people”)

References

• “гъмза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “гъмза”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гъмза”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 302

Anagrams

• мъзга (mǎzga)