мизинец

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mězinъ (younger, smaller) + -ец (-ec), possibly blended with an agent noun of *midzati / *mizgati (to caress, to smooch). The unexpected root -и- may be also a result of narrowing of unstressed open vowels, which is regular within Eastern dialects (but not in the West).

Pronunciation

Noun

мизи́нец (mizínecm (feminine мизи́нка) (dialectal)

  1. youngest male child (within a family)

Declension

Declension of мизи́нец
singular plural
indefinite мизи́нец
mizínec
мизи́неци
mizíneci
definite
(subject form)
мизи́нецът
mizínecǎt
мизи́неците
mizínecite
definite
(object form)
мизи́неца
mizíneca
count form мизи́неца
mizíneca

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic мѣзиньць (mězinĭcĭ, youngest son), from Proto-Slavic *mězinьcь.

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Noun

мизи́нец (mizínecm inan (genitive мизи́нца, nominative plural мизи́нцы, genitive plural мизи́нцев, diminutive мизи́нчик)

  1. little finger
    • 1887, Антон Чехов , Письмо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Letter, 1919:
      — Зна́чит, вы ны́нче не пое́дете к себе́ домо́й? — спроси́л он, остана́вливаясь о́коло тёмного окна́ и просо́вывая мизи́нец к спя́щей, наду́вшейся канаре́йке.
      — Znáčit, vy nýnče ne pojédete k sebé domój? — sprosíl on, ostanávlivajasʹ ókolo tjómnovo okná i prosóvyvaja mizínec k spjáščej, nadúvšejsja kanaréjke.
      "So you are not going home to-night?" he asked, stopping near the dark window and poking with his little finger into the cage where a canary was asleep with its feathers puffed out.
  2. little toe

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