глеч

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from German Glätte (“smoothness”), spread via Western South Slavic dialects: Serbo-Croatian гле̏ђа (“glazing”), Macedonian глеѓ (gleǵ, “enamel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡlɛt͡ʃ]
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Noun

глеч • (gleč) f

  1. glaze (vitreous overcoat of materials and ceramic pottery)
    Synonyms: глазу́ра (glazúra), гланц (glanc)
  2. (colloquial) enamel (outer layer of teeth)
    Synonym: (standard) ема́йл (emájl)

Declension
Declension of глеч
singular plural
indefinite глеч
gleč		 гле́чи
gléči
definite глечта́
glečtá		 гле́чите
gléčite

Alternative forms
  • гледж (gledž), глегь (glegʹ) (dialectal)

Derived terms
  • гледжо́сам (gledžósam, “to glaze”)

References
  • “глеч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “глеч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “глеч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 248
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