буча

Of expressive origin, from an earlier Proto-Slavic *bučiti (i-conjugation).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbut͡ʃɐ]

бу́ча • (búča) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive) to pin, to pierce, to impale
2. (transitive) to jab, to poke (with a pointy object)
3. (intransitive) (+ dative pronoun) to itch, to have stinging feeling

   някаква материя бучи някому ― njakakva materija buči njakomu ― some fabric is itching

• бик (bik, “bull”)

• “бу̀ча”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бу̀ча”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “бу́чѭ, -ишь; -чи́лъ (бу́чвамь)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 89
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бу̀ча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 94

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bučati (ě/i-conjugation), of onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): [boˈt͡ʃɤ̟]

буча́ • (bučá) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (intransitive) to clang, to rumble, to echo (of natural noise)

   Реката бучеше в далечината.

   Rekata bučeše v dalečinata.

   The river was echoing in the distance.

2. (intransitive) to drone, to clatter (of machine noise)

   Машината бучи.

   Mašinata buči.

   The machine is clattering.

3. (intransitive, figurative) to yell, to shout, to gabble loudly (of person)

   Наду ми главата с твоето бучене.

   Nadu mi glavata s tvoeto bučene.

   I got a headache from your [loud] jibber-jabber.

• “буча̀”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “буча̀”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “бучѭ́, -и́шь; -чꙗ́лъ (бучꙗ́вамь)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[2] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 89
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буча̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 99

• IPA^(key): [ˈbut͡ɕə]

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бу́ча • (búča) f inan (genitive бу́чи, nominative plural бу́чи, genitive plural буч)

1. turmoil, commotion, disturbance

   поднима́ть бу́чу ― podnimátʹ búču ― to make [kick up] a row

• бу́кать impf (búkatʹ)
• буча́ть impf (bučátʹ)
• бык m (byk)
• бы́чить impf (býčitʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бучать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “буча”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• IPA^(key): /bût͡ʃa/
• Hyphenation: бу‧ча

бу̏ча f (Latin spelling bȕča)

1. alternative form of бу̏ћа

• “буча”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025