писа

Perhaps from nominalization of Proto-Slavic *pisъ (“motley, colorful; inscription”) + -а (-a). Less likely, cognate with English fish (from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpisɐ]

пи́са • (písa) f (dialectal)

1. small to medium-sized freshwater fish (goby, roach, rudd, loach)

• пъстъ́рва (pǎstǎ́rva, “trout”)
• пъстру́га (pǎstrúga, “sturgeon”)

• “писа²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пи́са”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 34
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “писа²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 258

See dictionary form пи́ша (píša).

• пи́са: IPA^(key): [ˈpisɐ]
• писа́: IPA^(key): [piˈsa]

пи́са or писа́ • (písa or pisá)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of пи́ша (píša)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of пи́ша (píša)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpisa]
• Hyphenation: пи‧са

писа • (pisa) f (plural писи)

1. type of tar
2. rudd (cyprinid)

   Synonym: плотица (plotica)

• “писа” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu