мелица

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mędlica (equivalent to *mędlo +‎ *-ica).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛlit͡sɐ]

ме́лица • (mélica) f (obsolescent)

1. scutcher (old-fashioned tool for scutching linen, hemp, flax, or other fibers)

   Synonym: мъна́лка (mǎnálka)

2. (figurative, derogatory) female tattler, gossiper (woman who talks and gossips too much)

• мъ́на (mǎ́na, “to scutch, to trample”)

• “мелица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѧ́лица”, 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 110
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мелица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 727