жуй
Bulgarian

Жуйче
Etymology
Probably from e-vocalism of Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curl, to coil”), akin to dialectal Bulgarian гу́я (gúja, “serpent”) and possibly Bulgarian жу́жел (žúžel, “snail”). Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian гу̀јавица (“earthworm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʒu̟j]
Noun
жу́й • (žúj) m
- (dialectal) small land vermin living in wet soil, microdrile
- Synonym: че́рвей (čérvej)
Declension
References
- жуй in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “жуй или жуя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 557
- Nayden Gerov (1897), “жюй”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 25
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʐuj]
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