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лисица

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Bulgarian

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животно лисица

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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лиси́ца (lisícaf (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

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Declension of лиси́ца
singular plural
indefinite лиси́ца
lisíca
лиси́ци
lisíci
definite лиси́цата
lisícata
лиси́ците
lisícite
vocative form лиси́цо
lisíco
лиси́ци
lisíci

Derived terms

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References

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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лисица (lisicaf (masculine лисец, relational adjective лисичин, diminutive лисиче)

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

Declension

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Declension of лисица
singular plural
indefinite лисица (lisica) лисици (lisici)
definite unspecified лисицата (lisicata) лисиците (lisicite)
definite proximal лисицава (lisicava) лисициве (lisicive)
definite distal лисицана (lisicana) лисицине (lisicine)
vocative лисице (lisice) лисици (lisici)

Derived terms

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References

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

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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лиси́ца (lisícaf anim (genitive лиси́цы, nominative plural лиси́цы, genitive plural лиси́ц, diminutive лиси́чка)

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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лѝсица f (Latin spelling lìsica)

  1. vixen (female fox)
  2. (figuratively) a sly woman
  3. (soccer, chiefly in plural) Leicester City player

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Further reading

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  • лисица”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025