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): [piˈʒa̟vit͡sə]

Noun

пижа́вица • (pižávica) f

  1. (dialectal) leech
    Synonym: пия́вица (pijávica) (standard)

Alternative forms
  • пижа́йца (pižájca)

Declension
Declension of пижа́вица
singular plural
indefinite пижа́вица
pižávica		 пижа́вици
pižávici
definite пижа́вицата
pižávicata		 пижа́виците
pižávicite

See also

References
  • пижавица in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996) , “пижавица, пижайца”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 229
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