хълцам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Of expressive origin, from the onomatopoeia хлъц (hlǎc, hic). Possibly related to Polish łkać (to sob) (?).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxɤɫt͡sɐm]

Verb

хъ́лцам • (hǎ́lcam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective хлъ́цна)

  1. (intransitive) to blubber (to gasp while crying)
  2. (intransitive) to hiccup, to hiccough

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • хлъ́цвам (hlǎ́cvam) (semelfactive)
  • хълцу́кам (hǎlcúkam) (iterative/expressive)
  • захълцам pf (zahǎlcam), захълцвам impf (zahǎlcvam)
  • изхълцам pf (izhǎlcam), изхълцвам impf (izhǎlcvam)
  • прохълцам pf (prohǎlcam), прохълцвам impf (prohǎlcvam)
  • разхълцам се pf (razhǎlcam se), разхълцвам се impf (razhǎlcvam se)

References

  • хълцам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • хълцам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.