гута

Bulgarian

Etymology

Probably cognate with Serbo-Croatian гу̏та (“edema”), Slovene guta (“apoplexy”), either from Proto-Slavic *guta (Georgiev, Sławski) or borrowed from Latin gutta (“drop”) (Snoj).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡutɐ]
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Noun

гу́та • (gúta) f

  1. type of artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
    Synonyms: земна ябълка (zemna jabǎlka), гулия (gulija)
  2. (dialectal) edema, swelling
    Synonyms: цицина (cicina), врага (vraga), оток (otok)

Declension
Declension of гу́та
singular plural
indefinite гу́та
gúta		 гу́ти
gúti
definite гу́тата
gútata		 гу́тите
gútite

Derived terms
  • гутка (gutka, “small lump, tuber”)
  • гутав (gutav, “swollen, twisted, deformed; wretched, incapable”)
  • сгутавя (sgutavja), сгутявам (sgutjavam, “to nestle”)

References
  • “гута”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гута”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 296
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