жица

From Proto-Slavic *žica.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒit͡sɐ]

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• Hyphenation: жи́‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

жи́ца • (žíca) f (relational adjective жи́чен, diminutive жи́чка)

1. wire, cable (flexible metal thread, used primarily as an electrical conductor)

   телегра́фна жи́ца ― telegráfna žíca ― telegraph wire

   електри́ческа жи́ца ― elektríčeska žíca ― electrical wire

2. (obsolete) string (instrument)

   Synonyms: ни́шка (níška), връв (vrǎv)

• жила (žila, “sinew”)
• безжичен (bezžičen, “wireless”)

• тел (tel, “wire”)

• “жица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “жица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 549

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žica.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒit͡sa]
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

жица • (žica) f (relational adjective жичен, diminutive жичка)

1. wire
2. string (instrument)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьžica.

• IPA^(key): /ʒîtsa/
• Hyphenation: жи‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

жи̏ца f (Latin spelling žȉca)

1. acanthus spinosissimus

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žica.

• IPA^(key): /ʒîtsa/
• Hyphenation: жи‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

жи̏ца f (Latin spelling žȉca)

1. wire (thin thread of metal)