мазен

Bulgarian

Etymology

From ма́жа (máža, to smear, to anoint) + -ен (-en).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmazɛn]

Adjective

ма́зен • (mázen) (adverb ма́зно, abstract noun ма́зност)

  1. fatty, oily, pinguid
    Synonyms: бла́жен (blážen), ло́ен (lóen), тлъст (tlǎst)
  2. greasy, fatty, mellow (for taste)
    ма́зно я́стиеmázno jástiefat dish
  3. (chemistry) lipidic
    Synonym: липи́ден (lipíden)
    ма́зен газmázen gazalkane gas (containing methan and other alkane substances)
    ма́зна боя́mázna bojáoil paint
  4. (dialectal) smooth, flat, sleek
    Synonym: гла́дък (gládǎk)
  5. (figurative, obsolete, with positive connotation) pleasant, glossy, lepid
    ма́зен гласmázen glastender, pleasant voice
  6. (figurative, with negative connotation) deceitfully pleasant, hypocritical, obsequious, servile
    Synonyms: раболе́пен (rabolépen), угодли́в (ugodlív)
    ма́зен по́гледmázen pógledobsequious eyes
    ма́зен чо́векmázen čóvekfawning person

Declension

Derived terms

  • ма́зня (máznja, to smear, to fatten), ма́зня се (máznja se, to flatter, to sawder)
  • мазнина́ (mazniná, fat, lepid)
  • мазноти́я (maznotíja, greasiness)
  • мазни́к m (mazník), мазни́ца f (mazníca, sycophant, toady)

References

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

Anagrams

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmazɛn]

Adjective

мазен • (mazen) (comparative помазен, superlative најмазен, abstract noun мазнина)

  1. flat, smooth
    Synonym: гладок (gladok)

Declension

Participle

мазен • (mazen)

  1. masculine singular adjectival participle of мази (mazi)

Declension

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