пижек
Bulgarian
Etymology
Of dubious origin. Main hypotheses (per BER) include:
- A dialectal variant of Bulgarian плу́жек (plúžek, “slug”) → *плюжек → пюжек, пижек.
- From Proto-Slavic *pyžь (“little, tiny”), whence dialectal пи́жо (pížo, “unbaptized kid”) + -ек (-ek), Russian пы́жик (pýžik, “fawn”).
- From an unattested Proto-Slavic *pižati, whence dialectal Bulgarian пижа́йца (pižájca), пижа́вица (pižávica, “leech”).
Compare also Lithuanian pigùs (“low, cheap”), Latin piguus (“indolent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpiʒɛk]
Noun
пи́жек • (pížek) m
- (dialectal) snail
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пи́жек pížek |
пи́жеци pížeci |
| definite (subject form) |
пи́жекът pížekǎt |
пи́жеците pížecite |
| definite (object form) |
пи́жека pížeka | |
| count form | — | пи́жека pížeka |
Alternative forms
- пижо́к (pižók), пижа́к (pižák) — dialectal
- пи́жаль (pížalʹ), пи́жел (pížel) — dialectal
Related terms
- пиже́няк (pižénjak, “large snail”) (dialectal)
References
- “пижек”, 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), “пижаль, пижек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 229
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пижёнякъ, пи́жекъ, пижёкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 30