усорлица

Bulgarian

Малка усорлица

Etymology

усо́рлив (usórliv, “grumpy, angry”) (dialectal) +‎ -ица (-ica)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈsɔrlit͡sɐ]

Noun

усо́рлица • (usórlica) f (masculine усо́рляк)

1. (dialectal) female equivalent of усо́рляк (usórljak): hawk, accipiter
2. (figurative) female equivalent of усо́рляк (usórljak): angry, pissed woman

Declension

Declension of я́стреб

	singular	plural
indefinite	я́стреб jástreb	я́стреби jástrebi
definite (subject form)	я́стребът jástrebǎt	я́стребите jástrebite
definite (object form)	я́стреба jástreba
count form	—	я́стреба jástreba
vocative form	я́стребе jástrebe	я́стреби jástrebi

Alternative forms

• осо́рлица (osórlica)

Related terms

• сва́ра (svára, “scuffle”)

References

• “усорлица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “осорлица, усорлица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 943