жиг

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žigъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒik]

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Noun

жиг • (žig) m (dialectal)

1. burn scar, brand
2. branding iron, tool for branding

   Synonym: жига́ло (žigálo)

3. (figurative) pain, sorrow, grief

   Synonyms: го́рест (górest), печа́л (pečál), бо́лка (bólka), скръб (skrǎb), мъ́ка (mǎ́ka), тъга́ (tǎgá)

Declension

Declension of жиг

	singular	plural
indefinite	жиг žig	жи́гове žígove
definite (subject form)	жи́гът žígǎt	жи́говете žígovete
definite (object form)	жи́га žíga
count form	—	жи́га žíga

Derived terms

• жи́жам (žížam, “to scorch”) (dialectal)
• жи́гуя (žíguja, “to grieve, to mourn”) (dialectal)
• жиго́сам pf (žigósam), жиго́свам impf (žigósvam, “to bran”)
• жи́жка (žížka, “sparkle”) (dialectal)
• жи́жня (žížnja), жи́жница (žížnica), жижа́вица (žižávica, “furnace”) (dialectal)
• жи́гъл (žígǎl), жига́ло (žigálo, “branding iron”)

Related terms

• жег (žeg, “scorch”), же́га (žéga, “heat, scorching weather”)
  • же́гост (žégost, “fervor, swelter”) (dialectal)

References

• “жиг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “жигъ”, 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 20

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žigъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒik]

Noun

жиг • (žig) m

1. stamp, brand

Declension

Declension of жиг

	singular	plural
indefinite	жиг	жигови
definite unspecified	жигот	жиговите
definite proximal	жигов	жиговиве
definite distal	жигон	жиговине
vocative	жигу	жигови
count form	—	жига

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žigъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒîːɡ/

Noun

жи̑г m (Latin spelling žȋg)

1. stamp, brand

Declension

Declension of жиг

	singular	plural
nominative	жи̑г	жи̏гови
genitive	жига	жигова
dative	жигу	жиговима
accusative	жиг	жигове
vocative	жигу / жиже	жигове
locative	жигу	жиговима
instrumental	жигом	жиговима

Further reading

• “жиг” in Hrvatski jezični portal