ижица

Diminutive of иго (igo, “yoke”) +‎ -ица (-ica).

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʒit͡sɐ]

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и́жица • (ížica) f

1. (dated) wedge
2. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)
3. (by extension) end, ultimum (calque of Greek ωμέγα (oméga, “end, ultimum; final letter of the Greek alphabet”))

• “ижица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ижица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 15

Uncertain.

• Per Vasmer, Krylov, Tsyhanenko, related to и́го (ígo).
• Per Shansky, however, a connection to и́же (íže) is preferable.

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʐɨt͡sə]

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и́жица • (ížica) f inan (genitive и́жицы, nominative plural и́жицы, genitive plural и́жиц)

1. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ижица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1980), “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 7 (И), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 18
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 151
  • See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “игла”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 150

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “и_(ижица)”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “иже”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.