жикам

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian жѝкати, Slovene žíkati. Perhaps onomatopoeic (according to BER).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒikɐm]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

жи́кам (žíkam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective жи́кна) (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to sting, to prick, to goad

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жикам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 544