къжлица

Bulgarian

Etymology

къ́жел (kǎ́žel, “distaff, awl, conical tool”) (dialectal) +‎ -ица (-ica)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐʒˈlit͡sɐ]

Noun

къжли́ца • (kǎžlíca) f

  1. (dialectal, figurative) waxwing (passerine bird)
    Synonym: коприна́рка (koprinárka)

Declension
Declension of къжли́ца
singular plural
indefinite къжли́ца
kǎžlíca		 къжли́ци
kǎžlíci
definite къжли́цата
kǎžlícata		 къжли́ците
kǎžlícite
vocative form къжли́це
kǎžlíce		 къжли́ци
kǎžlíci

Alternative forms
  • кужли́ца (kužlíca)
  • къ́жлест (kǎ́žlest, “conical”) (dialectal)
  • къ́жлевка (kǎ́žlevka), къ́жльовка (kǎ́žljovka, “distaff”) (dialectal)

Further reading
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къжел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 183
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