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): [ɡlʲɛt͡ʃ]

Noun

глеч • (gleč) f

glaze (vitreous overcoat of materials and ceramic pottery)
Synonyms: глазу́ра (glazúra), гланц (glanc)
(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 Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
глеч in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “глеч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 248

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