мъх
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɤx]
Noun
мъх • (mǎh) m (relational adjective мъ́хен or мъ́хов)
- moss, bryophyte (non-vascular plant of clade Setaphyta, most commonly within phylum Bryophyta)
- (figurative) fuzz
- (figurative) down (feathers of a bird)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мъх mǎh |
мъ́хове mǎ́hove |
| definite (subject form) |
мъ́хът mǎ́hǎt |
мъ́ховете mǎ́hovete |
| definite (object form) |
мъ́ха mǎ́ha | |
| count form | — | мъ́ха mǎ́ha |
Alternative forms
- мох (moh), моф (mof) — dialectal
Hyponyms
- листнат мъх (listnat mǎh, “leaf moss (div. Bryophyta)”)
- рогоспорангиев мъх (rogosporangiev mǎh, “hornwort (div. Anthocerotophyta)”)
- торфен мъх (torfen mǎh, “bog moss (class Sphagnopsida)”)
- чернодробен мъх (černodroben mǎh, “liverwort (div. Marchantiophyta)”)
Derived terms
- мъ́хав (mǎ́hav), мъха́т (mǎhát), мъхли́в (mǎhlív), мъхна́т (mǎhnát, “fibrous, moss-like”)
- мъ́шец (mǎ́šec) (diminutive)
- мъху́га (mǎhúga, “bird's down, plush”) (dialectal, Banat Bulgarian)
Related terms
- му́зга (múzga, “silt, clay, soft soil”) (dialectal)
- мъзга́ (mǎzgá, “sap”)
References
- “мъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мъх”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мъхъ”, 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 96
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 435