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мъка

/[ˈmɤkɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    trouble, hardship, struggle, laborious effort (experience)
    • с мъка върша нещо

      s mǎka vǎrša neštoto do something with a struggle

    • с триста мъки

      s trista mǎkiwith great difficulty

  2. 2.
    throe, agony, anguish, suffering (feeling, sensation)
    • творческа мъка

      tvorčeska mǎkathroes of creation

    • родилни мъки

      rodilni mǎkipangs of childbirth

  3. 3.
    sadness, sorrow, depression
    • някому е мъка

      njakomu e mǎkato 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

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