лиска

Bulgarian

Черна лиска

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka, parsable as лис (lis, “spotted, dappled”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliskɐ]
• IPA^(key): [liˈska] (dialectal)

Noun

ли́ска or лиска́ • (líska or liská) f (masculine ли́шкавец, relational adjective ли́скав)

1. female equivalent of ли́шкавец (líškavec): coot (bird of genus Fulica), particularly common coot (Fulica atra)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) во́дна коко́шка (vódna kokóška), (dialectal) ку́рнида (kúrnida)

Declension

Declension of ли́ска

	singular	plural
indefinite	ли́ска líska	ли́ски líski
definite	ли́ската lískata	ли́ските lískite
vocative form	ли́ско lísko	ли́ски líski

References

• “лиска³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лиска́”, 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), “лиска́¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 423

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, (poetic) ли́са (lísa) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliskɐ]

Noun

ли́ска • (líska) f (dialectal)

1. Diminutive of ли́са (lísa, “fox”)

Declension

Declension of ли́ска

	singular	plural
indefinite	ли́ска líska	ли́ски líski
definite	ли́ската lískata	ли́ските lískite
vocative form	ли́ско lísko	ли́ски líski

References

• “лиска¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lyska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliskɐ]

Noun

ли́ска • (líska) f (dialectal)

1. sparkle, flash, sputter

   лиска светлина ― liska svetlina ― flash of light

Declension

Declension of ли́ска

	singular	plural
indefinite	ли́ска líska	ли́ски líski
definite	ли́ската lískata	ли́ските lískite

Related terms

• ли́скам (lískam), ли́свам (lísvam, “to splash”)
• лю́скам (ljúskam, “to sputter”) (dialectal)
• лъ́щя (lǎ́štja, “to sparkle”)
• лъ́скам (lǎ́skam, “to polish”)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ли́ска”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 422

Pannonian Rusyn

Лиска.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak lyska, from Proto-Slavic *lysъka. By surface analysis, лиси (lisi, “bald”) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognates include Slovak lyska and Czech lyska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliska]
• Rhymes: -iska
• Hyphenation: лис‧ка

Noun

лиска (liska) f

1. coot

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “лиска”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *listъka, parsable as ли̑ст +‎ -ка.

Noun

ли̏ска f (Latin spelling lȉska)

1. leaf (part of a plant)

   Synonym: lȋst

Declension

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