суча

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sukati (to coil, to twist).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsut͡ʃɐ]

Verb

су́ча • (súča) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective су́кна)

  1. (transitive) to coil, to wind, to twist
  2. (transitive) to twirl, to wring (moustache)
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to flatten, to knead dough
    суча кори за баницаsuča kori za banicato knead dough sheets for banitsa
  4. (transitive, figurative) to complicate, to make (a situation) perplex
Conjugation
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • всу́ча pf (vsúča), всу́чвам impf (vsúčvam)
  • засу́ча pf (zasúča), засу́квам impf (zasúkvam)
  • изсу́ча pf (izsúča), изсу́квам impf (izsúkvam)
  • насу́ча pf (nasúča), насу́квам impf (nasúkvam)
  • отсу́ча pf (otsúča), отсу́квам impf (otsúkvam), отсукувам impf (otsukuvam) (dialectal)
  • пресу́ча pf (presúča), пресу́квам impf (presúkvam)
  • разсу́ча pf (razsúča), разсу́чвам impf (razsúčvam) (dialectal)
  • су́каница (súkanica, coiling, rolling)
  • сука́р (sukár), су́кер (súker, agent nouns)
  • сука́ч (sukáč), сука́ло (sukálo, rolling pin) (dialectal)
  • съсу́ча pf (sǎsúča), съсу́чвам impf (sǎsúčvam) (dialectal)
  • усу́ча pf (usúča), усу́квам impf (usúkvam)

References

  • суча (1)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “суча¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 620

Etymology 2

From dialectal Proto-Slavic *sukati (to suck), probably related to Proto-Slavic *sъsati (to suck).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsut͡ʃɐ]

Verb

су́ча • (súča) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective су́кна)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to suck, to sap (milk, juice)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • изсу́ча pf (izsúča), изсу́квам impf (izsúkvam)
  • досу́ча pf (dosúča), досу́квам impf (dosúkvam)
  • насу́ча се pf (nasúča se), насу́квам се impf (nasúkvam se)
  • просу́ча pf (prosúča), просу́квам impf (prosúkvam, to start breastfeeding) (of a child)
  • сука́че (sukáče), сука́лче (sukálče, kid who still breastfeeds, baby)
  • си́сам (sísam, to suck) (dialectal)

References

  • суча (2)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “суча²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 625

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʊˈt͡ɕa]

Participle

суча́ • (sučá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of сучи́ть (sučítʹ)