лисица

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Bulgarian

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животно лисица

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica, parsable as (poetic) ли́са (lísa) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

лиси́ца (lisícaf (relational adjective лиси́чи, diminutive лиси́чка)

  1. fox
    же́нска лиси́цаžénska lisícavixen, female fox
  2. foxskin
  3. (figurative) cunning, evil person
    Върти си очите като лисица пред курник. (idiom)
    Vǎrti si očite kato lisica pred kurnik.
    rolls their eyes like a fox in front of a henhouse.
  4. (usually in the plural) in a rural oxcart, one of two curved beams connecting to the rear axle

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

Noun

лисица (lisicaf (masculine лисец, relational adjective лисичин, diminutive лисиче)

  1. vixen (female fox)
  2. fox (of either sex)

Declension

Declension of лисица
singular plural
indefinite лисица (lisica) лисици (lisici)
definite unspecified лисицата (lisicata) лисиците (lisicite)
definite proximal лисицава (lisicava) лисициве (lisicive)
definite distal лисицана (lisicana) лисицине (lisicine)
vocative лисице (lisice) лисици (lisici)

Derived terms

References

  • лисица in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

Noun

лиси́ца (lisícaf anim (genitive лиси́цы, nominative plural лиси́цы, genitive plural лиси́ц)

  1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  2. vixen (female fox)

Usage notes

The usual word for fox is лиси́ца, while лиса́ (lisá) is somewhat more poetic, and лис (lis) is specifically the male.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐsit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ли‧си‧ца

Noun

лѝсица f (Latin spelling lìsica)

  1. female fox; vixen

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Further reading

  • лисица”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024