лисица
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica, parsable as (poetic) ли́са (lísa) + -ица (-ica).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
лиси́ца • (lisíca) f (relational adjective лиси́чи, diminutive лиси́чка)
- fox
- foxskin
- (figurative) cunning, evil person
- (usually in the plural) in a rural oxcart, one of two curved beams connecting to the rear axle
Declension edit
Declension of лиси́ца
Derived terms edit
- летяща лисица (letjašta lisica, “megabat”) (literally: “flying fox”)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “лисица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “лисица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “лиси́ца”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 14
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лисица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 421
- “лисъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
лисица • (lisica) f (masculine лисец, relational adjective лисичин, diminutive лисиче)
Declension edit
Declension of лисица
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- лисица in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
лиси́ца • (lisíca) f anim (genitive лиси́цы, nominative plural лиси́цы, genitive plural лиси́ц)
- fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- vixen (female fox)
Usage notes edit
The usual word for fox is лиси́ца, while лиса́ (lisá) is somewhat more poetic, and лис (lis) is specifically the male.
Declension edit
Declension of лиси́ца (anim fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of лиси́ца (anim fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- бе́лая лиси́ца f (bélaja lisíca) (Albula vulpes)
- белосне́жная лиси́ца f (belosnéžnaja lisíca)
- пла́тиновая лиси́ца f (plátinovaja lisíca)
- поля́рная лиси́ца f (poljárnaja lisíca)
- серебри́сто-чёрная лиси́ца f (serebrísto-čórnaja lisíca)
- тибе́тская лиси́ца f (tibétskaja lisíca)
- чернобурая лиси́ца f (černoburaja lisíca)
Related terms edit
- лисёнок (lisjónok)
- ли́сий (lísij)
- ли́сья нора́ (lísʹja norá)
- лисиный (lisinyj)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
лѝсица f (Latin spelling lìsica)
Declension edit
Declension of лисица
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “лисица” in Hrvatski jezični portal