муцам

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably of expressive/onomatopeoic origin, related to сму́ча (smúča, to suck) (with s-mobile) or dialectal му́ткам (mútkam, to prod, to jab). Georgiev tentatively draws comparison with English smut, German Schmutz (dirt, stain).

Dictionaries make formal distinction between the transitive and intransitive senses.

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му́цам (múcam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective му́цна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive)
    1. to suckle, to slurp, to gobble noisily
  2. (intransitive)
    1. to swash, to spatter (to produce noise by hitting/disturbing a fluid)
    2. to stain, to smear

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