пижавица
Bulgarian
Etymology
Formally an agent noun of an unattested *pižati, with Balto-Slavic parallels in Lithuanian pigùs (“cheap, low”). Compare also Latin piguus (“indolent”).
Alternatively (per BER), could be an expressive variant of standard Bulgarian пия́вица (pijávica, “leech”) from пи́я (píja, “to drink”), with intrusive -ж- due to an association with dialectal Bulgarian пи́жек (pížek, “snail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [piˈʒa̟vit͡sɐ]
Noun
пижа́вица • (pižávica) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пижа́вица pižávica |
пижа́вици pižávici |
| definite | пижа́вицата pižávicata |
пижа́виците pižávicite |
Alternative forms
- пижа́йца (pižájca)
See also
- пи́жек (pížek, “snail”) (dialectal)
References
- “пижавица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пижавица, пижайца”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 229