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тулица

/[ˈtulit͡sɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    datedconstraint, curtailment
  2. 2.
    dialectalbottleneck

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • Ту́лча
  • ту́лище
Synonyms
  • стесне́ние
Related words (4)
  • ту́ля
  • туле́й
  • туле́йка
  • вту́лка

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tulica, formed as ту́ля (túlja, “to sheath, to contain”) (dialectal) + -ица (-ica). Akin to Old Church Slavonic тоулъ (tulŭ, “quiver”), Slovene tȗl, tȗlica (“quiver”), Serbo-Croatian ту̀љац (“quiver”), Russian тулья́ (tulʹjá, “type of hat”), Ukrainian відту́лина (vidtúlyna, “hole, hollow”). Compare also Tulica (a river and a place-name in Central Bosnia), Tulnik (a village in Croatia).

Forms

  • ту́лицаcanonical • feminine
  • túlicaromanization
  • ту́лицаindefinite • singular
  • ту́лициindefinite • plural
  • ту́лицатаdefinite • singular
  • ту́лицитеdefinite • plural
  • ту́лецalternative

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