мъка

See also: мука and мѫка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫka (abstract noun), originally meaning “pressure, stress”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɤkɐ]

Noun

мъ́ка • (mǎ́ka) f

  1. trouble, hardship, struggle, laborious effort (experience)
    с мъка върша нещоs mǎka vǎrša neštoto do something with a struggle
    с триста мъки (idiom)s trista mǎkiwith great difficulty (literally, “with three hundred efforts”)
  2. throe, agony, anguish, suffering (feeling, sensation)
    творческа мъкаtvorčeska mǎkathroes of creation
    родилни мъкиrodilni mǎkipangs of childbirth
  3. (figurative) sadness, sorrow, depression
    някому е мъкаnjakomu e mǎkato feel/experience sadness (literally, “there is stress/hardship onto s.o.”)

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

verbs
  • (causative-iterative) мъ́ча (mǎ́ča)
  • (iterative) мъку́вам (mǎkúvam)
nouns
  • (diminutive) мъ́чица (mǎ́čica)
  • (abstract noun) мъкота́ (mǎkotá)
  • (abstract noun) мъчнина́ (mǎčniná)
  • (abstract noun) мъчнота́ (mǎčnotá)
adjectives

References

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