liška

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See also: liska, líska, and líška

Czech

liška obecná (Vulpes vulpes)
liška obecná (Cantharellus cibarius)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lišьka, *lisъ. Nowadays form of the expression liška was probably also influenced by Proto-Slavic *lixъ (bad), maybe because the original word was taboo. Etymology of the expression *lisъ is not clear. It is often connected with Lithuanian lãpė, Latvian lapsa, Irish lois, Latin vulpes, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Old Armenian աղուէս (ałuēs) (all meaning "fox") and Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, a kind of jackal).[1] The fungus of the genus Cantharellus acquired the name due to the similar colour of their most popular species Cantharellus cibarius.

Pronunciation

Noun

liška f

  1. fox, Vulpes, genus within the family Canidae
  2. vixen, female fox
    • 1920, Rudolf Těsnohlídek, Liška Bystrouška[1], Brno: Polygrafie, pages 21–35:
      Zrovna tak to dělávala doma matka liška, když otec lišák přicházíval až pozdě k večeru domů s potrhanou kůží […]
      Mother vixen used to do it at home the same way, when father reynard came home with torn fur late in the evening […]
  3. fox (fur)
    • 2013, Miroslava Burianová, Móda v ulicích protektorátu[2], Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 193:
      […] dlouhosrsté výraznější kožešiny jako nutrie či modrá liška se používaly na zdobení kapes, na límce apod.
      […] more distinct long-hair furs such as coypu or blue fox were used to decorate pockets, collars, hems etc.
  4. UrocyonWP WSp Commons, genus within the family Canidae
  5. liška jezerní, liška japonská or liška mořská are some of synonyms for psík mývalovitýraccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
  6. liška patagonská is a synonym for pes horskýculpeo, Andean fox (Lycalopex culpaeusWP WSp Commons)
  7. liška Azarova is a synonym for pes šedýhoary fox (Lycalopex vetulusWP WSp Commons)
  8. liška habešská is a synonym for vlček etiopskýEthiopian wolf (Canis simensis)
  9. liška krátkouchá is a synonym for pes krátkouchýshort-eared dog (Atelocynus microtisWP WSp Commons)
  10. chanterelle (Cantharellus), genus of fungi in the Cantharellaceae family
    • 1885, Stanislav Řehák Kamenický, “Bohdaš Miličův”, in Z našich hor[3], Nové Město nad Metují: Bohdan Böhm, pages 49–53:
      Poznaltě dle barvy a zápachu každou téměř jedlou houbu, ale zvláště hřiby, koloděje a lišky.
      He recognized almost every edible mushroom according to its colour and smell, especially boletes, lurid boletes and chanterelles.
  11. fox (cunning person)
    • 1894, Josef Leopold Hrdina, “Poslední Rožmberk”, in Hradčanské povídky[4], Praha: Bursík a Kohout, pages 1–16:
      A přece byl Havlín — dej mu pánbůh nebe — mazaná liška.
      Yet, Havlín — God give him place in heaven — was a cunning fox.

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Lower Sorbian

liška

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lišьka, diminutive of *lisъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian liška, Czech liška, Polish liszka. More distantly related to Old Church Slavonic лисъ (lisŭ), Serbo-Croatian lìsica, Russian лис (lis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliʃka/, [ˈlʲiʃka]

Noun

liška f ?

  1. fox

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “liška”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “liška”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lišьka, diminutive of *lisъ. Cognate with Lower Sorbian liška, Czech liška, Polish liszka. More distantly related to Old Church Slavonic лисъ (lisŭ), Serbo-Croatian lìsica, Russian лис (lis).

Noun

liška f

  1. fox

Declension