муцуна

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μουτσούνα (moutsoúna), derived from Italian muso. Akin to English muzzle (a French borrowing).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈt͡sunɐ]
• Rhymes: -una

Noun

муцу́на • (mucúna) f

1. muzzle, snout (animal's mouth)
2. (figurative) mug, grimace

Declension

Declension of муцу́на

	singular	plural
indefinite	муцу́на mucúna	муцу́ни mucúni
definite	муцу́ната mucúnata	муцу́ните mucúnite

Related terms

• му́ца (múca), му́цка (múcka, “mug”) (dialectal)

See also

• му́цам (múcam, “to suckle, to slurp”) (native verb, probably onomatopoeic)

References

• “муцуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “муцуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “муцу́на”, 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 94
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “муцуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 359