пищов
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- плющо́в (pljuštóv), плищо́в (plištóv) — dialectal
- пищо́л (pištól), пищо́ль (pištólʹ) — dated
Etymology
Colloquialized reflex of Ottoman Turkish پيستول (“pistol”) (itself a French or German borrowing), ultimately of Slavic origin. By surface analysis, пищя́ (pištjá, “to squeak, to scream”) + -ов (-ov).
Also borrowed into Romanian pișcol (colloquial), Greek πιστόλι (pistóli)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [piʃˈtɔf]
- Rhymes: -ɔf
Noun
пищо́в • (pištóv) m
- pistol, handgun
- (colloquial, figurative) cheat sheet (summary of notes written on a small piece of paper, used as a cheat during written tests)
Usage notes
Typically, referring to old-fashioned handguns.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пищо́в pištóv |
пищо́ви pištóvi |
| definite (subject form) |
пищо́вът pištóvǎt |
пищо́вите pištóvite |
| definite (object form) |
пищо́ва pištóva | |
| count form | — | пищо́ва pištóva |
Derived terms
- разпищо́вя се (razpištóvja se, “to feast, to celebrate loudly”) (figuratively)
Related terms
- пище́ (pišté, “sparrow, tit”) (dialectal)
- пи́ска (píska), писка́ло (piskálo), писку́н (piskún), пищя́лка (pištjálka, “whistle, hooter”)
- пищя́л (pištjál, “tibia bone”) (originally: “pipe, flute”)
- писка́л (piskál), писка́вец (piskávec, “cyprinid gudgeon”) (dialectal)
- пистоле́т (pistolét, “pistol”) (French borrowing of Slavic origin)
References
- “пищов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пищов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пищов”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279