бицам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic or possibly related to Bulgarian би́я (bíja, to beat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbit͡sɐm]
  • (file)

Verb

би́цам • (bícam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective би́цна) (colloquial)

  1. (transitive) to pop, to poke, to press
  2. (figurative) to make noise with one's cheeks
  3. (dialectal) to suckle noisily (of baby)
    Synonyms: боза́я (bozája), су́ча (súča)

Usage notes

Could also refer to a children's game, called битанка, whose goal is to make a stick bounce from the ground and flip itself in the air (around its center of gravity). The tossing of the stick is called би́цане.

Conjugation

  • бита́нка (bitánka, type of flipping game)

Further reading

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