пижавица
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Formally an agent noun of an unattested *pižati, with Balto-Slavic parallels in Lithuanian pigùs (“cheap, low”). Compare also Latin piguus (“indolent”).
Alternatively (per BER), could be an expressive variant of standard Bulgarian пия́вица (pijávica, “leech”) from пи́я (píja, “to drink”), with intrusive -ж- due to an association with dialectal Bulgarian пи́жек (pížek, “snail”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
пижа́вица • (pižávica) f
Declension edit
Declension of пижа́вица
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пижа́вица pižávica |
пижа́вици pižávici |
| definite | пижа́вицата pižávicata |
пижа́виците pižávicite |
Alternative forms edit
- пижа́йца (pižájca)
See also edit
- пи́жек (pížek, “snail”) (dialectal)
References edit
- “пижавица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пижавица, пижайца”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 229