lisica

See also: lisicą

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica. By surface analysis, lis +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈɕi.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: li‧si‧ca

Noun

lisica f

1. vixen (female fox)

   Synonym: liszka

2. (colloquial) chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)

   Synonyms: kurek, kurka żółta, lisiczka, lisiec, pieprznik gąska, pieprznik jadalny, pieprznik pospolity, pieprzyk jadalny, stągiewka jadalna, stroczek lisica

3. armed bullhead (Agonus cataphractus)
4. poacher (agonid fish)

   lisica grenlandzka ― Atlantic poacher

Declension

Declension of lisica

	singular	plural
nominative	lisica	lisice
genitive	lisicy	lisic
dative	lisicy	lisicom
accusative	lisicę	lisice
instrumental	lisicą	lisicami
locative	lisicy	lisicach
vocative	lisico	lisice

See also

• lis

Further reading

• lisica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lisica in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐsit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: li‧si‧ca

Noun

lìsica f (Cyrillic spelling лѝсица)

1. vixen (female fox)
2. (figuratively) a sly woman

Declension

Declension of lisica

	singular	plural
nominative	lisica	lisice
genitive	lisice	lisica
dative	lisici	lisicama
accusative	lisicu	lisice
vocative	lisice	lisice
locative	lisici	lisicama
instrumental	lisicom	lisicama

Related terms

• lísac

Further reading

• “lisica” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian lìsica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǐsitsḁ/

Noun

lisica f

1. fox, vixen
   • 2010, Natalina Spadanuda, Le renard et le loup:

     Biša nu votu na vuk eš na lisica. […] È, lisice su semaj furb, kana na tuna fata!

     Once upon a time there was a wolf and a fox. […] Ha, foxes are always clever, just like in all the stories!

Declension

    declension of lisica (series-2a fem)

	singular	plural
nominative	lisica	lisice
genitive	lisice	lisici
dative	lisicu	lisici
accusative	lisicu	lisice
locative	lisicu	lisice
instrumental	lisicom	lisici

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lisìːt͡sa/
• Hyphenation: li‧si‧ca

Noun

lisíca f

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	lisíca
gen. sing.	lisíce
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lisíca	lisíci	lisíce
genitive (rodȋlnik)	lisíce	lisíc	lisíc
dative (dajȃlnik)	lisíci	lisícama	lisícam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lisíco	lisíci	lisíce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lisíci	lisícah	lisícah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lisíco	lisícama	lisícami

Further reading

• “lisica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “lisica”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references