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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pyžь (“little, tiny”) + -о (-o). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пи̏жа (“slender girl”), Russian пыж (pyž, “plug, small ball”).
Pronunciation
Noun
пи́жо • (pížo) n
- (dialectal) little, weak one
- Synonyms: дре́босък (drébosǎk), мъни́к (mǎník)
- (figurative) unbaptized boy
Declension
See also
- пижек (pižek, “snail”) (dialectal)
References
- “пижо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пижо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 229