жегавица

Bulgarian

Насекомо жегавица

Etymology

From же́гав (žégav, “scorching, hot”) +‎ -ица (-ica), originally referring to any insect with pungent bite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒɛˈɡavit͡sɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

жега́вица • (žegávica) f

1. (generally) insect with sore bite
2. (dialectal) termite (isopteran insect of family Termitidae, feeding on wood)

   Synonym: терми́т (termít)

3. (dialectal) venomous grub, woodworm, caterpillar (which causes skin irritation upon touching)

Declension

Declension of жега́вица

	singular	plural
indefinite	жега́вица žegávica	жега́вици žegávici
definite	жега́вицата žegávicata	жега́виците žegávicite
vocative form	жега́вице žegávice	жега́вици žegávici

Alternative forms

• жига́вица (žigávica), жуга́вица (žugávica)
• жегаву́ша (žegavúša)

Related terms

• жиг (žig, “sting-mark, branding”)
• же́гвам (žégvam, “to brand, to sting, to pierce with hot object”)
• же́гар (žégar, “dog or person exhausted by heat”) (dialectal)

References

• “жигавица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жегавица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 530
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “жега́вица, жегаву́ша”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 14