мижурка

Bulgarian

Първоопашато мижурче (разред Protura)

Двуопашато мижурче (разред Diplura)

Etymology

From мижо́ря (mižórja, “to look, to watch closely; to flicker (for light)”) +‎ -ка (-ka), cognate with Macedonian мижурка (mižurka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈʒu̟rkɐ]

Noun

мижу́рка • (mižúrka) f (diminutive мижу́рче)

1. (dialectal) tiny, minuscule creature or detail (that is hard to see) → midge, microbe
2. (nonstandard) tiny insect or arthropod, particularly Entognatha of orders Protura or Diplura

Declension

Declension of мижу́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	мижу́рка mižúrka	мижу́рки mižúrki
definite	мижу́рката mižúrkata	мижу́рките mižúrkite
vocative form	мижу́рке mižúrke	мижу́рки mižúrki

Alternative forms

• мижа́рка (mižárka)

Related terms

• мижиту́рка (mižitúrka, “insignificant person, simp”)
• ми́жавец m (mížavec), ми́жавица f (mížavica, “person with tiny eyes, Mongoloid”) (dialectal)
• ми́жав (mížav, “negligible, tiny, minuscule”)
• мизи́нец (mizínec, “smallest child”) (dialectal)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мижa”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 784: Произв.: ... мижа́рка, мижу́рка ‘който не се вижда добре’ ...