пич

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پیچ (piç), from a dialectal form of Armenian բիճ (bič), from Middle Armenian բիճ (bič).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pit͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -it͡ʃ
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)

Noun

пич • (pičm

  1. bastard
  2. dude
  3. (dialectal) an unwanted growth, shoot from a stem of a tree
  4. (obsolete) illegitimate child (child born outside of marriage)

Declension

Declension of пич
singular plural
indefinite пич
pič
пи́чове
píčove
definite
(subject form)
пи́чът
píčǎt
пи́човете
píčovete
definite
(object form)
пи́ча
píča
count form пи́ча
píča

References

  • пич”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пич”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 269

Anagrams

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pit͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -it͡ɕ
  • Hyphenation: пич

Adjective

пич • (pič) (comparative пичрак)

  1. stuffy, close, sultry
  2. muffled, damped, flat, dull (sound, voice)
  3. (linguistics) voiceless, unvoiced
  4. overgrown, wild, dense, thick
  5. (figuratively) out-of-the-way, remote, secluded
  6. (figuratively) deep, far, advanced
  7. (figuratively) ignorant, backwards, uncultured
  8. dark, deep (e.g., color)
  9. gloomy, dark, somber/sombre
  10. thick, heavy, dense
  11. strong, intense (e.g., wind)

Adverb

пич • (pič)

  1. densely, closely, tightly, tight

Noun

пич • (pič)

  1. stuffiness, closeness, stuffy air

Declension

Declension of пич
singular plural
nominative пич (pič) пич-влак (pič-vlak)
accusative пичым (pičym) пич-влакым (pič-vlakym)
genitive пичын (pičyn) пич-влакын (pič-vlakyn)
dative пичлан (pičlan) пич-влаклан (pič-vlaklan)
comitative пичге (pičge) пич-влакге (pič-vlakge)
comparative пичла (pičla) пич-влакла (pič-vlakla)
inessive пичыште (pičyšte) пич-влакыште (pič-vlakyšte)
illative short пичыш (pičyš) пич-влакыш (pič-vlakyš)
long пичышке (pičyške) пич-влакышке (pič-vlakyške)
lative пичеш (pičeš) пич-влакеш (pič-vlakeš)
Possessed forms of пич
singular plural
1st person пичем (pičem) пична (pična)
2nd person пичет (pičet) пичда (pičda)
3rd person пичше (pičše) пичышт (pičyšt)

Derived terms

adjectives
  • пич-пычкемыш (pič-pyčkemyš)
  • пич-тымык (pič-tymyk)
  • пичалге (pičalge)
  • пичката (pičkata)
adverbs
  • пичын (pičyn)
nouns
  • пичвер (pičver)
verbs
  • пичешташ (pičeštaš)
  • пичкаяш (pičkajaš)
  • пичколташ (pičkoltaš)

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023), “пич”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna