пижек
/[ˈpiʒɛk]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
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Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- о́хлюв
- пасо́к
- лига́вец
- рогле́ц
Related words (1)
- пиже́няк
Etymology
Of dubious origin. Main hypotheses (per BER) include: * A dialectal variant of Bulgarian плу́жек (plúžek, “slug”) → *плюжек → пюжек, пижек. * From Proto-Slavic *pyžь (“little, tiny”), whence dialectal пи́жо (pížo, “unbaptized kid”) + -ек (-ek), Russian пы́жик (pýžik, “fawn”). * From an unattested Proto-Slavic *pižati, whence dialectal Bulgarian пижа́йца (pižájca), пижа́вица (pižávica, “leech”). Compare also Lithuanian pigùs (“low, cheap”), Latin piguus (“indolent”).
Forms
- пи́жекcanonical • masculine
- pížekromanization
- пи́жекindefinite • singular
- пи́жециindefinite • plural
- пи́жекътdefinite • singular • subjective
- пи́жецитеdefinite • plural • subjective
- пи́жекаdefinite • objective • singular
- пи́жецитеdefinite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- пи́жекаcount-form • plural
- пижо́кalternative • dialectal
- пижа́кalternative • dialectal
- пи́жальalternative • dialectal
- пи́желalternative • dialectal