ижица

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Diminutive of иго (igo, yoke) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

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Noun

и́жица (ížicaf

  1. (dated) wedge
  2. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)
  3. (by extension) end, ultimum (calque of Greek ωμέγα (oméga, end, ultimum; final letter of the Greek alphabet))

Declension

Declension of и́жица
singular plural
indefinite и́жица
ížica
и́жици
ížici
definite и́жицата
ížicata
и́жиците
ížicite

References

  • ижица”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ижица”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 15

Russian

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Etymology

Uncertain.

  • Per Vasmer, Krylov, Tsyhanenko, related to и́го (ígo).
  • Per Shansky, however, a connection to и́же (íže) is preferable.

Pronunciation

Noun

и́жица (ížicaf inan (genitive и́жицы, nominative plural и́жицы, genitive plural и́жиц)

  1. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ижица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1980), “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 2, number 7 (И), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 18
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 151
    • See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “игла”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 150

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