мъчник

Equivalent to Proto-Slavic *mǫka (product noun) + -ник (-nik). The base noun is attested within older literature as obs. мука́ (muká), which is a Russian borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɤt͡ʃnik]

мъ́чник • (mǎ́čnik) m (obsolete)

1. flour bin, crate (box in which flour is collected during milling)

• мъчня́к (mǎčnják) — with suffix -няк (-njak) instead

• мъ́ча (mǎ́ča, “to pressure, to torment”)
• мъ́ка (mǎ́ka, “hardship, suffering, sorrow”) (abstract noun)
• мек (mek, “soft”) (e-grade)

• “мъчник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мѫ́чникъ”, 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 108
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъчник”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 438

• “мѫка²”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024