метелица

• мѧ́телица (mę́telica) (in Gerov's dictionary)

By surface analysis, Proto-Slavic *metělь +‎ -ица (-ica). Alternative form мѧтелица (mętelica), mentioned in Gerov's dictionary, is probably influenced by (the root of) obsolete *męti (“to crumble, to trample”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛtɛlit͡sɐ]

ме́телица • (mételica) f (dialectal)

1. squall, gale, blizzard, stormbringer (a strong wind that brings storms)

   Synonyms: вие́лица (viélica), ви́хрушка (víhruška), хлапа́вица (hlapávica)

• мета́ (metá, “to sweep”)
• метла́ (metlá, “broom”)

• мете́ж (metéž, “mutiny, revolt”) (action noun of Proto-Slavic *męti (“to trample”))

• “метелица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѧ́телица”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 110
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “метелица, мятелица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 767

мете́ль (metélʹ) +‎ -ица (-ica)

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪˈtʲelʲɪt͡sə]

мете́лица • (metélica) f inan (genitive мете́лицы, nominative plural мете́лицы, genitive plural мете́лиц)

1. (poetic) endearing diminutive of мете́ль (metélʹ, “blizzard, snowstorm”)

• мете́ль (metélʹ)
• мести́ (mestí)