гризач

Bulgarian

Etymology

From гри́за (gríza, to gnaw) + -ач (-ač), akin to Russian грызу́н (gryzún).

Semantically a calque of Latin rōdēns (one who gnaws).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡriˈzat͡ʃ]
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Noun

гриза́ч • (grizáč) m

  1. (literally) gnawer
    Synonyms: гложда́ч (gloždáč), (dialectal) джвака́ч (džvakáč)
  2. rodent (mammal of the order Rodentia)

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References

  • гризач”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • гризач”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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