пижо

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pyžь (“little, tiny”) + -о (-o). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пи̏жа (“slender girl”), Russian пыж (pyž, “plug, small ball”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiʒo̟]

Noun

пи́жо • (pížo) n

1. (dialectal) little, weak one

   Synonyms: дре́босък (drébosǎk), мъни́к (mǎník)

2. (figurative) unbaptized boy

Declension

Declension of пи́жо

	singular	plural
indefinite	пи́жо pížo	пи́жа píža
definite	пи́жото pížoto	пи́жата pížata

See also

• пижек (pižek, “snail”) (dialectal)

References

• “пижо”, 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), “пижо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 229