лисица

Bulgarian

животно лисица

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica, parsable as (poetic) ли́са (lísa) + -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [liˈsit͡sɐ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

лиси́ца • (lisíca) f (relational adjective лиси́чи, diminutive лиси́чка)

  1. fox
    же́нска лиси́цаžénska lisícavixen, female fox
  2. foxskin
  3. (figurative) cunning, evil person
    Върти си очите като лисица пред курник. (idiom)
    Vǎrti si očite kato lisica pred kurnik.
    [One] rolls their eyes like a fox in front of a henhouse.
  4. (usually in the plural) in a rural oxcart, one of two curved beams connecting to the rear axle

Declension

Derived terms

  • летяща лисица (letjašta lisica, megabat) (literally: “flying fox”)

References

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlisit͡sa]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ли‧си‧ца
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

лисица • (lisica) f (masculine лисец, relational adjective лисичин, diminutive лисиче)

  1. vixen (female fox)
  2. fox (of either sex)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • лисица in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲɪˈsʲit͡sə]
  • (file)

Noun

лиси́ца • (lisíca) f anim (genitive лиси́цы, nominative plural лиси́цы, genitive plural лиси́ц)

  1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  2. vixen (female fox)

Usage notes

The usual word for fox is лиси́ца, while лиса́ (lisá) is somewhat more poetic, and лис (lis) is specifically the male.

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • бе́лая лиси́ца f (bélaja lisíca) (Albula vulpes)
  • белосне́жная лиси́ца f (belosnéžnaja lisíca)
  • пла́тиновая лиси́ца f (plátinovaja lisíca)
  • поля́рная лиси́ца f (poljárnaja lisíca)
  • серебри́сто-чёрная лиси́ца f (serebrísto-čórnaja lisíca)
  • тибе́тская лиси́ца f (tibétskaja lisíca)
  • чернобурая лиси́ца f (černoburaja lisíca)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐsit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ли‧си‧ца

Noun

лѝсица f (Latin spelling lìsica)

  1. female fox; vixen

Declension

Further reading

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