лиса

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlisɐ]

ли́са • (lísa) f (relational adjective ли́син) (poetic)

1. vixen

   Кума Лиса (folklore character) ― Kuma Lisa ― Godmother Fox

Mostly unused in everyday speech, superseded by its diminutive лисица (lisica). Nevertheless, the vocative form лисо (liso) is sometimes preferred instead of лисицо (lisico).

• ли́сица (lísica); ли́ска (líska) (rare, dialectal)
• лису́гер m (lisúger)

• “лиса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лиса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ли́са”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 14
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лиса¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 420

• IPA^(key): [ˈlisa]

лиса • (lisa) f

1. a nickname for a female fox used in folklore and stories for kids

• лисест (lisest)
• кума лиса f (kuma lisa)

• лисица f (lisica)

• волчко m (volčko), волчо m (volčo)
• ешко m (eško)
• зајко m (zajko)
• меца f (meca), мецана f (mecana), медо m (medo)

• “лиса” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisa.

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈsa]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: леса́ (lesá)
• Rhymes: -a

лиса́ • (lisá) f anim (genitive лисы́, nominative plural ли́сы, genitive plural лис, relational adjective ли́сий or лиси́ный, diminutive лиси́чка or ли́ска or ли́сонька or ли́сочка)

1. (zoology) fox (Vulpes vulpes)
2. vixen, female fox
3. fox fur
4. (colloquial) a foxy fellow/girl

• лис m anim (lis, “male fox”)
• лиси́ца f anim (lisíca, “fox, generic”)
• лиси́чка f (lisíčka, “diminutive”)

• песе́ц (peséc), чернобу́рка (černobúrka)

• лиси́чка f anim or f inan (lisíčka)

Phrases

• лиса́ в куря́тнике f anim (lisá v kurjátnike)

• лис m anim (lis)
• лисёнок m anim (lisjónok)
• лися́тник m inan or m anim (lisjátnik)
• по-ли́сьи (po-lísʹi)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лис”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “лиси́ца”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 484

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲisə]

ли́са • (lísa) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of лис (lis)

• си́ла (síla)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъ (Russian лы́сый (lýsyj), Czech lysý).

• IPA^(key): /lîsa/
• Hyphenation: ли‧са

ли̏са f (Latin spelling lȉsa)

1. blaze (white marking on the head of an animal or bird)

• “лиса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɪsɐ]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ли́са • (lýsa)

1. feminine nominative singular of ли́сий (lýsyj)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ли́са • (lýsa) m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of лис (lys)

• си́ла (sýla)