цаца

Bulgarian

Etymology

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Uncertain. Might be related to Turkish çaça (“sprat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sat͡sɐ]
• Hyphenation: ца‧ца

Noun

ца́ца • (cáca) f

1. European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

   Synonyms: трицо́на (tricóna), ко́пърка (kópǎrka), шпрот (šprot)

Declension

Declension of ца́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	ца́ца cáca	ца́ци cáci
definite	ца́цата cácata	ца́ците cácite

References

• “цаца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “цаца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Ubykh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tsʰatsʰa]

Noun

цаца • (caca)

1. brooch, pin

Adjective

цаца • (caca)

1. small, little

   Сыӷәа анан сыцацеит. ― Səğʷa anan səcacejtʼ. ― I was little then.

References

• Vogt, Hans (1963) Dictionnaire de la Langue Oubykh‎^[1] (in French), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 97