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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žigъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
жиг • (žig) m (dialectal)
- burn scar, brand
- branding iron, tool for branding
- Synonym: жига́ло (žigálo)
- (figurative) pain, sorrow, grief
- Synonyms: го́рест (górest), печа́л (pečál), бо́лка (bólka), скръб (skrǎb), мъ́ка (mǎ́ka), тъга́ (tǎgá)
Declension
Derived terms
- жи́жам (žížam, “to scorch”) (dialectal)
- жи́гуя (žíguja, “to grieve, to mourn”) (dialectal)
- жиго́сам pf (žigósam), жиго́свам impf (žigósvam, “to bran”)
- жи́жка (žížka, “sparkle”) (dialectal)
- жи́жня (žížnja), жи́жница (žížnica), жижа́вица (žižávica, “furnace”) (dialectal)
- жи́гъл (žígǎl), жига́ло (žigálo, “branding iron”)
- жег (žeg, “scorch”), же́га (žéga, “heat, scorching weather”)
- же́гост (žégost, “fervor, swelter”) (dialectal)
References
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žigъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
жиг • (žig) m
- stamp, brand
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žigъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
жи̑г m (Latin spelling žȋg)
- stamp, brand
Declension
Further reading
- “жиг”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024