писа

See also: пися and Appendix:Variations of "pisa"

Bulgarian

писа

Etymology 1

Perhaps from nominalization of Proto-Slavic *pisъ (“motley, colorful; inscription”) + -а (-a). Less likely, cognate with English fish (from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpisɐ]

Noun

пи́са • (písa) f (dialectal)

1. small to medium-sized freshwater fish (goby, roach, rudd, loach)

Declension

Declension of пи́са

	singular	plural
indefinite	пи́са písa	пи́си písi
definite	пи́сата písata	пи́сите písite
vocative form	пи́со píso	пи́си písi

Related terms

• пъстъ́рва (pǎstǎ́rva, “trout”)
• пъстру́га (pǎstrúga, “sturgeon”)

References

• “писа²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пи́са”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 34
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “писа²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 258

Etymology 2

See dictionary form пи́ша (píša).

Pronunciation

• пи́са: IPA^(key): [ˈpisɐ]
• писа́: IPA^(key): [piˈsa]

Verb

пи́са or писа́ • (písa or pisá)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of пи́ша (píša)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of пи́ша (píša)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpisa]
• Hyphenation: пи‧са

Noun

писа • (pisa) f (plural писи)

1. type of tar
2. rudd (cyprinid)

   Synonym: плотица (plotica)

Declension

Declension of писа

	singular	plural
indefinite	писа	писи
definite unspecified	писата	писите
definite proximal	писава	писиве
definite distal	писана	писине
vocative	писо	писи

References

• “писа” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu