Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Diminutive of иго (igo, yoke) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈiʒit͡sɐ]
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Nomen

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и́жица (ížicaf

  1. (dated) wedge
  2. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)
  3. (by extension) end, ultimum (calque of Greek ωμέγα (oméga, end, ultimum; final letter of the Greek alphabet))

Declension

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References

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  • ижица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ижица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 15

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Pronunciation

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Nomen

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и́жица (ížicaf inan (genitive и́жицы, nominative plural и́жицы, genitive plural и́жиц)

  1. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)

Declension

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