мижурка
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Bulgarian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From мижо́ря (mižórja, “to look, to watch closely; to flicker (for light)”) + -ка (-ka), cognate with Macedonian мижурка (mižurka).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
мижу́рка • (mižúrka) f (diminutive мижу́рче)
- (dialectal) tiny, minuscule creature or detail (that is hard to see) → midge, microbe
- (nonstandard) tiny insect or arthropod, particularly Entognatha of orders Protura or Diplura
Declension[edit]
Declension of мижу́рка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мижу́рка mižúrka |
мижу́рки mižúrki |
| definite | мижу́рката mižúrkata |
мижу́рките mižúrkite |
| vocative form | мижу́рке mižúrke |
мижу́рки mižúrki |
Alternative forms[edit]
- мижа́рка (mižárka)
Related terms[edit]
- мижиту́рка (mižitúrka, “insignificant person, simp”)
- ми́жавец m (mížavec), ми́жавица f (mížavica, “person with tiny eyes, Mongoloid”) (dialectal)
- ми́жав (mížav, “negligible, tiny, minuscule”)
- мизи́нец (mizínec, “smallest child”) (dialectal)
References[edit]
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мижa”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 784: Произв.: ... мижа́рка, мижу́рка ‘който не се вижда добре’ ...