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): [ˈpiʒek]
Noun
пи́жек • (pížek) m
Alternative forms
- пижо́к (pižók), пижа́к (pižák) (dialectal)
- пи́жаль (pížalʹ), пи́жел (pížel) (dialectal)
Declension
Declension of пи́жек
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пи́жек pížek |
пи́жеци pížeci |
| definite (subject form) |
пи́жекът pížekǎt |
пи́жеците pížecite |
| definite (object form) |
пи́жека pížeka | |
| count form | — | пи́жека pížeka |
Related terms
- пиже́няк (pižénjak, “large snail”) (dialectal)
References
- пижек in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996) , “пижаль, пижек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 229
- Gerov, Najden (1895) , “пижёнякъ, пи́жекъ, пижёкъ”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 30
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