ижица

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʒit͡sɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -iʒit͡sɐ
• Syllabification^(key): и‧жи‧ца
• Hyphenation^(key): ижи‧ца

Noun

и́жица • (ížica) f

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

Declension of и́жица

	singular	plural
indefinite	и́жица ížica	и́жици ížici
definite	и́жицата ížicata	и́жиците ížicite

References

• “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

Russian

Etymology

Uncertain.

• Per Vasmer, Krylov, Tsyhanenko, related to и́го (ígo). Compare Bulgarian ижица (ižica, “wedge”).
• Per Shansky, however, a connection to и́же (íže) is preferable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiʐɨt͡sə]

• Audio:

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Noun

и́жица • (ížica) f inan (genitive и́жицы, nominative plural и́жицы, genitive plural и́жиц)

1. izhitsa (obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѵ)

Declension

Declension of и́жица (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	и́жица ížica	и́жицы ížicy
genitive	и́жицы ížicy	и́жиц ížic
dative	и́жице ížice	и́жицам ížicam
accusative	и́жицу ížicu	и́жицы ížicy
instrumental	и́жицей, и́жицею ížicej, ížiceju	и́жицами ížicami
prepositional	и́жице ížice	и́жицах ížicax

Pre-reform declension of и́жица (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	и́жица ížica	и́жицы ížicy
genitive	и́жицы ížicy	и́жицъ ížic
dative	и́жицѣ ížicě	и́жицамъ ížicam
accusative	и́жицу ížicu	и́жицы ížicy
instrumental	и́жицей, и́жицею ížicej, ížiceju	и́жицами ížicami
prepositional	и́жицѣ ížicě	и́жицахъ ížicax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ижица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1980), “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 7 (И), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 18
• Krylov, G. A. (2004), “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “ижица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 151
  • See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “игла”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 150

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “и_(ижица)”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “иже”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.