Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Serbo-Croatian жѝкати, Slovene žíkati. Perhaps onomatopoeic (according to BER).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒikɐm]
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Verb

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жи́кам (žíkam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective жи́кна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to sting, to prick, to goad

Conjugation

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References

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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жикам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 544