ижица
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Bulgarian
Etymology
Diminutive of иго (igo, “yoke”) + -ица (-ica).
Pronunciation
Noun
и́жица • (ížica) f
- (dated) wedge
- izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)
- (by extension) end, ultimum (calque of Greek ωμέγα (oméga, “end, ultimum; final letter of the Greek alphabet”))
Declension
| 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
Etymology
Uncertain.
- Per Vasmer, Krylov, Tsyhanenko, related to и́го (ígo).
- Per Shansky, however, a connection to и́же (íže) is preferable.
Pronunciation
Noun
и́жица • (ížica) f inan (genitive и́жицы, nominative plural и́жицы, genitive plural и́жиц)
Declension
Declension of и́жица (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of и́жица (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
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
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “и_(ижица)”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “иже”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.