цаца

Bulgarian

Etymology

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Uncertain. Might be related to Turkish çaça (“sprat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sat͡sɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ца‧ца

Noun

ца́ца • (cáca) f

  1. European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
    Synonyms: трицо́на (tricóna), ко́пърка (kópǎrka), шпрот (šprot)

Declension
Declension of ца́ца
singular plural
indefinite ца́ца
cáca		 ца́ци
cáci
definite ца́цата
cácata		 ца́ците
cácite

References
  • “цаца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “цаца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Ubykh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tsʰatsʰa]

Noun

цаца • (caca)

  1. brooch, pin

Adjective

цаца • (caca)

  1. small, little
    Сыӷәа анан сыцацеит. ― Səğʷa anan səcacejtʼ. ― I was little then.

References
  • Vogt, Hans (1963) Dictionnaire de la Langue Oubykh‎ (in French), Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 97
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