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къжлица

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Bulgarian

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Птица къжлица

Etymology

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къ́жел (kǎ́žel, distaff, awl, conical tool) (dialectal) +‎ -ица (-ica)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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къжли́ца (kǎžlícaf

  1. (dialectal, figurative) waxwing (passerine bird)
    Synonym: коприна́рка (koprinárka)

Declension

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Alternative forms

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Further reading

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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “къжел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 183