мъка
/[ˈmɤkɐ]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.trouble, hardship, struggle, laborious effort (experience)
с мъка върша нещо
s mǎka vǎrša nešto — to do something with a struggle
с триста мъки
s trista mǎki — with great difficulty
- 2.throe, agony, anguish, suffering (feeling, sensation)
творческа мъка
tvorčeska mǎka — throes of creation
родилни мъки
rodilni mǎki — pangs of childbirth
- 3.sadness, sorrow, depression
някому е мъка
njakomu e mǎka — to feel/experience sadness
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- мъку́вам
- мъ́ча
- мъкота́
- мъ́чица
- мъчнина́
- мъчнота́
- мъ́чен
- мъчнова́т
Related words (2)
- мука́
- мъ́чник
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫka (abstract noun), originally meaning “pressure, stress”.
Forms
- мъ́каcanonical • feminine
- mǎ́karomanization
- мъ́каindefinite • singular
- мъ́киindefinite • plural
- мъ́катаdefinite • singular
- мъ́китеdefinite • plural
- ма́каalternative
- му́каalternative