Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Diminutive of иго (igo, yoke) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈiʒit͡sɐ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

и́жица (ížicaf

  1. (dated) wedge
  2. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)
  3. (by extension) end, ultimum (calque of Greek ωμέγα (oméga, end, ultimum; final letter of the Greek alphabet))

Declension edit

References edit

  • ижица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ижица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 15

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

и́жица (ížicaf inan (genitive и́жицы, nominative plural и́жицы, genitive plural и́жиц)

  1. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)

Declension edit