пищов

Bulgarian

Старовременен пищов

Alternative forms

• плющо́в (pljuštóv), плищо́в (plištóv) — dialectal
• пищо́л (pištól), пищо́ль (pištólʹ) — dated

Etymology

Colloquialized reflex of Ottoman Turkish پيستول (“pistol”) (itself a French or German borrowing), ultimately of Slavic origin. By surface analysis, пищя́ (pištjá, “to squeak, to scream”) +‎ -ов (-ov).

Also borrowed into Romanian pișcol (colloquial), Greek πιστόλι (pistóli)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piʃˈtɔf]
• Rhymes: -ɔf

Noun

пищо́в • (pištóv) m

1. pistol, handgun

   На гол тумба́к - чифте́ пищо́ви.

   Na gol tumbák - čifté pištóvi.

   Naked, but decorated with a pair of pistols. (idiom)

2. (colloquial, figurative) cheat sheet (summary of notes written on a small piece of paper, used as a cheat during written tests)

Usage notes

Typically, referring to old-fashioned handguns.

Declension

Declension of пищо́в

	singular	plural
indefinite	пищо́в pištóv	пищо́ви pištóvi
definite (subject form)	пищо́вът pištóvǎt	пищо́вите pištóvite
definite (object form)	пищо́ва pištóva
count form	—	пищо́ва pištóva

Derived terms

• разпищо́вя се (razpištóvja se, “to feast, to celebrate loudly”) (figuratively)

Related terms

• пище́ (pišté, “sparrow, tit”) (dialectal)
• пи́ска (píska), писка́ло (piskálo), писку́н (piskún), пищя́лка (pištjálka, “whistle, hooter”)
• пищя́л (pištjál, “tibia bone”) (originally: “pipe, flute”)
• писка́л (piskál), писка́вец (piskávec, “cyprinid gudgeon”) (dialectal)
• пистоле́т (pistolét, “pistol”) (French borrowing of Slavic origin)

References

• “пищов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пищов”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пищов”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 279