лисица

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica, parsable as (poetic) ли́са (lísa) +‎ -ица (-ica).

• IPA^(key): [liˈsit͡sɐ]

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• Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

лиси́ца • (lisíca) f (relational adjective лиси́чи, diminutive лиси́чка)

1. fox

   же́нска лиси́ца ― žénska lisíca ― vixen, female fox

2. foxskin
3. (figurative) cunning, evil person

   Върти си очите като лисица пред курник. (idiom)

   Vǎrti si očite kato lisica pred kurnik.

   [One] rolls their eyes like a fox in front of a henhouse.

4. (usually in the plural) in a rural oxcart, one of two curved beams connecting to the rear axle

• летяща лисица (letjašta lisica, “megabat”) (literally: “flying fox”)

• ли́са (lísa), лиса́на (lisána); ли́ска (líska) (rare, dialectal)
• лису́гер m (lisúger)

• “лисица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лисица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “лиси́ца”, 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), “лисица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 421
• “лисъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlisit͡sa]

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• Hyphenation: ли‧си‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

лисица • (lisica) f (masculine лисец, relational adjective лисичин, diminutive лисиче)

1. vixen (female fox)
2. fox (of either sex)

• лисичар m (lisičar)
• лисичарка f (lisičarka)
• лисичина f (lisičina)

• лиса f (lisa)
• лисана f (lisana)
• лисест (lisest)

• лисица in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈsʲit͡sə]

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лиси́ца • (lisíca) f anim (genitive лиси́цы, nominative plural лиси́цы, genitive plural лиси́ц, diminutive лиси́чка)

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)
2. vixen (female fox)

The usual word for fox is лиси́ца, while лиса́ (lisá) is somewhat more poetic, and лис (lis) is specifically the male.

• лис m (lis)
• лиса́ f (lisá)

• лисёнок (lisjónok)
• ли́сий (lísij)
  • ли́сья нора́ (lísʹja norá)
• лисиный (lisinyj)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

• IPA^(key): /lǐsit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ли‧си‧ца

лѝсица f (Latin spelling lìsica)

1. vixen (female fox)
2. (figuratively) a sly woman
3. (soccer, chiefly in plural) Leicester City player

• ли́сац

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