мизинец

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mězinъ (“younger, smaller”) + -ец (-ec), possibly blended with an agent noun of *midzati / *mizgati (“to caress, to smooch”). The unexpected root -и- may be also a result of narrowing of unstressed open vowels, which is regular within Eastern dialects (but not in the West).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈzinɛt͡s]

Noun

мизи́нец • (mizínec) m (feminine мизи́нка) (dialectal)

1. youngest male child (within a family)

Declension

Declension of мизи́нец

	singular	plural
indefinite	мизи́нец mizínec	мизи́неци mizíneci
definite (subject form)	мизи́нецът mizínecǎt	мизи́неците mizínecite
definite (object form)	мизи́неца mizíneca
count form	—	мизи́неца mizíneca

References

• “мизинец”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мизи́нець”, 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 64
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мизинец, мизинка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 786

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic мѣзиньць (mězinĭcĭ, “youngest son”), from Proto-Slavic *mězinьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪˈzʲinʲɪt͡s]

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Noun

мизи́нец • (mizínec) m inan (genitive мизи́нца, nominative plural мизи́нцы, genitive plural мизи́нцев, diminutive мизи́нчик)

1. little finger
2. little toe

Declension

Declension of мизи́нец (inan masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мизи́нец mizínec	мизи́нцы mizíncy
genitive	мизи́нца mizínca	мизи́нцев mizíncev
dative	мизи́нцу mizíncu	мизи́нцам mizíncam
accusative	мизи́нец mizínec	мизи́нцы mizíncy
instrumental	мизи́нцем mizíncem	мизи́нцами mizíncami
prepositional	мизи́нце mizínce	мизи́нцах mizíncax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мизинец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress