лиса

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lisa"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlisɐ]

Noun

ли́са • (lísa) f (relational adjective ли́син) (poetic)

1. vixen

   Кума Лиса (folklore character) ― Kuma Lisa ― Godmother Fox

Usage notes

Mostly unused in everyday speech, superseded by its diminutive лисица (lisica). Nevertheless, the vocative form лисо (liso) is sometimes preferred instead of лисицо (lisico).

Declension

Declension of ли́са

	singular	plural
indefinite	ли́са lísa	ли́си lísi
definite	ли́сата lísata	ли́сите lísite
vocative form	ли́со líso	ли́си lísi

Derived terms

• ли́сица (lísica); ли́ска (líska) (rare, dialectal)
• лису́гер m (lisúger)

References

• “лиса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лиса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “ли́са”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 14
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лиса¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 420

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlisa]

Noun

лиса • (lisa) f

1. a nickname for a female fox used in folklore and stories for kids

Declension

Declension of лиса

	singular	plural
indefinite	лиса (lisa)	лиси (lisi)
definite unspecified	лисата (lisata)	лисите (lisite)
definite proximal	лисава (lisava)	лисиве (lisive)
definite distal	лисана (lisana)	лисине (lisine)
vocative	лисо (liso)	лиси (lisi)

Derived terms

• лисест (lisest)
• кума лиса f (kuma lisa)

Related terms

• лисица f (lisica)

See also

• волчко m (volčko), волчо m (volčo)
• ешко m (eško)
• зајко m (zajko)
• меца f (meca), мецана f (mecana), медо m (medo)

References

• “лиса” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪˈsa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: леса́ (lesá)
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

лиса́ • (lisá) f anim (genitive лисы́, nominative plural ли́сы, genitive plural лис, relational adjective ли́сий or лиси́ный, diminutive лиси́чка or ли́ска or ли́сонька or ли́сочка)

1. (zoology) fox (Vulpes vulpes)
2. vixen, female fox
3. fox fur
4. (colloquial) a foxy fellow/girl

Declension

Declension of лиса́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	лиса́ lisá	ли́сы lísy
genitive	лисы́ lisý	ли́с lís
dative	лисе́ lisé	ли́сам lísam
accusative	лису́ lisú	ли́с lís
instrumental	лисо́й, лисо́ю lisój, lisóju	ли́сами lísami
prepositional	лисе́ lisé	ли́сах lísax

Pre-reform declension of лиса́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	лиса́ lisá	ли́сы lísy
genitive	лисы́ lisý	ли́съ lís
dative	лисѣ́ lisě́	ли́самъ lísam
accusative	лису́ lisú	ли́съ lís
instrumental	лисо́й, лисо́ю lisój, lisóju	ли́сами lísami
prepositional	лисѣ́ lisě́	ли́сахъ lísax

Synonyms

• лис m anim (lis, “male fox”)
• лиси́ца f anim (lisíca, “fox, generic”)
• лиси́чка f (lisíčka, “diminutive”)

Hyponyms

• песе́ц (peséc), чернобу́рка (černobúrka)

Derived terms

• лиси́чка f anim or f inan (lisíčka)

Phrases

• лиса́ в куря́тнике f anim (lisá v kurjátnike)

Related terms

• лис m anim (lis)
• лисёнок m anim (lisjónok)
• лися́тник m inan or m anim (lisjátnik)
• по-ли́сьи (po-lísʹi)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лис”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “лиси́ца”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 484

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲisə]

Noun

ли́са • (lísa) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of лис (lis)

Anagrams

• си́ла (síla)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъ (Russian лы́сый (lýsyj), Czech lysý).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîsa/
• Hyphenation: ли‧са

Noun

ли̏са f (Latin spelling lȉsa)

1. blaze (white marking on the head of an animal or bird)

References

• “лиса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɪsɐ]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ли́са • (lýsa)

1. feminine nominative singular of ли́сий (lýsyj)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ли́са • (lýsa) m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of лис (lys)

Anagrams

• си́ла (sýla)