къжлица

Bulgarian

Птица къжлица

Etymology

къ́жел (kǎ́žel, “distaff, awl, conical tool”) (dialectal) +‎ -ица (-ica)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kəʒˈlʲit͡sə]

Noun

къжли́ца • (kǎžlíca) f

(dialectal, figurative) waxwing (passerine bird)
Synonym: коприна́рка (koprinárka)

Declension

Declension of къжли́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	къжли́ца kǎžlíca	къжли́ци kǎžlíci
definite	къжли́цата kǎžlícata	къжли́ците kǎžlícite
vocative form	къжли́це kǎžlíce	къжли́ци kǎžlíci

Alternative forms

кужли́ца (kužlíca)

Related terms

къ́жлест (kǎ́žlest, “conical”) (dialectal)
къ́жлевка (kǎ́žlevka), къ́жльовка (kǎ́žljovka, “distaff”) (dialectal)

Further reading

Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “къжел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 183

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