бича

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbit͡ʃɐ]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, from Proto-Slavic *byčiti, *byčati.

Verb

би́ча • (bíča) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective би́чна) (colloquial)

  1. (transitive) to jostle, to push
    Synonyms: блъ́скам (blǎ́skam), ти́кам (tíkam)
  2. (figurative, by extension) to pile, to shove over
    би́ча дъ́рве на кла́даbíča dǎ́rve na kládato pile over wood for а pyre
  3. (reflexive with се) to trip, to tumble, to fall over
    Synonyms: преби́вам се (prebívam se), кату́рям се (katúrjam se)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • би́чкам (bíčkam) (diminutive)
  • наби́ча pf (nabíča), наби́чвам impf (nabíčvam)
  • бик (bik, bull)
  • би́кам (bíkam), би́квам (bíkvam, to ram, to knock over) (dialectal)

References

Etymology 2

Either related to Etymology 1 or denominal from бич (bič, whip, lash) + (-ja) (Proto-Slavic *bičati).

Verb

би́ча • (bíča) first-singular present indicative, impf (dialectal)

  1. (transitive) to jab, to prod
  2. (by extension) to skewer
    Synonyms: поби́вам (pobívam), забу́чвам (zabúčvam), забо́ждам (zabóždam)
    би́ча на колbíča na kolto skewer on a stake
Conjugation
  • би́цам (bícam, to poke, to press)
  • бичу́вам (bičúvam, to whip, to scourge)

References

  • бича³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бича¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 51
  • Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “би́ча, -ишъ; -и́лъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 25

Etymology 3

Бичене с бичкия

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بچمك (to cut) (modern Turkish biçmek). Borrowed also in Macedonian бичи (biči, to saw).

Verb

би́ча • (bíča) first-singular present indicative, impf

  1. (dialectal, transitive) to saw (particularly: to cut with бички́я)
Conjugation
  • бички́я (bičkíja, bow saw, frame saw)
  • бича́к (bičák, pocket knife) (dialectal, outdated)

References

Anagrams

  • чиба (čiba)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈt͡ɕa]

Noun

бича́ • (bičá) m inan or m anim

  1. inflection of бич (bič):
    1. genitive singular
    2. animate accusative singular
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