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лисица

лисица

Bulgarian

Noun

лисица (lisíca) f (masculine лисугер)

  1. vixen (female fox)

Inflection

Synonyms


Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Noun

лисица (lisica) f

  1. vixen (female fox)

Inflection


Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲɪˈsʲit͡sə]

Noun

лиси́ца (lisíca) f anim (genitive лиси́цы, nominative plural лиси́цы, genitive plural лиси́ц)

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

Declension

Usage notes

The usual word for fox is лисица, while лиса is somewhat more poetic, and лис is specifically the male.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • бе́лая лиси́ца f (bélaja lisíca) (Albula vulpes)
  • белоснежная лиси́ца f (belosnežnaja lisíca)
  • платиновая лиси́ца f (platinovaja lisíca)
  • серебри́сто-чёрная лиси́ца f (serebrísto-čórnaja lisíca)
  • тибе́тская лиси́ца f (tibétskaja lisíca)
  • чернобурая лиси́ца f (černoburaja lisíca)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lisica.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

лѝсица f (Latin spelling lìsica)

  1. female fox; vixen

Declension

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