чижка

Bulgarian

Жълта чижка (скатия)

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin, from the call чи-чи (či-či). Alternatively, from Proto-Slavic *čižь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiʃkɐ]

Noun

чи́жка • (čížka) f

1. (dialectal) type of finch (songbird of genus Carduelis)

   Synonym: скати́я (skatíja)

Declension

Declension of чи́жка

	singular	plural
indefinite	чи́жка čížka	чи́жки čížki
definite	чи́жката čížkata	чи́жките čížkite
vocative form	чи́жко čížko	чи́жки čížki

Related terms

• чи́нка (čínka, “finch”)
• чи́гла (čígla, “thrush”) (dialectal)

References

• “чижка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014