# бича
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbit͡ʃɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, from Proto-Slavic *byčiti, *byčati.

#### Verb

би́ча • (bíča) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective би́чна) (colloquial)
* (transitive) to jostle, to push
    Synonyms: блъ́скам (blǎ́skam), ти́кам (tíkam)
* (figurative, by extension) to pile, to shove over
    би́ча дъ́рве на кла́да ― bíča dǎ́rve na kláda ― to pile over wood for а pyre
* (reflexive with се) to trip, to tumble, to fall over
    Synonyms: преби́вам се (prebívam se), кату́рям се (katúrjam se)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

##### Derived terms

* би́чкам (bíčkam) (diminutive)
* наби́ча pf (nabíča), наби́чвам impf (nabíčvam)

##### Related terms

* бик (bik, “bull”)
* би́кам (bíkam), би́квам (bíkvam, “to ram, to knock over”) (dialectal)

#### References

* “бича²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бича², бичкам, бичва”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 51
* Nayden Gerov (1895) “би́чѭ, -ишь; -чи́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 42

### Etymology 2

Either related to Etymology 1 or denominal from бич (bič, “whip, lash”) +‎ -я (-ja) (Proto-Slavic *bičati).

#### Verb

би́ча • (bíča) first-singular present indicative, impf (dialectal)
* (transitive) to jab, to prod
* (by extension) to skewer
    Synonyms: поби́вам (pobívam), забу́чвам (zabúčvam), забо́ждам (zabóždam)
    би́ча на кол ― bíča na kol ― to skewer on a stake

##### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

##### Related terms

* би́цам (bícam, “to poke, to press”)
* бичу́вам (bičúvam, “to whip, to scourge”)

#### References

* “бича³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бича¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 51
* Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “би́ча, -ишъ; -и́лъ”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 25

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بچمك (“to cut”) (modern Turkish biçmek). Borrowed also in Macedonian бичи (biči, “to saw”).

#### Verb

би́ча • (bíča) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (dialectal, transitive) to saw (particularly: to cut with бички́я)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Dialectally marked.

##### Related terms

* бички́я (bičkíja, “bow saw, frame saw”)
* бича́к (bičák, “pocket knife”) (dialectal, outdated)

#### References

* “бича¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “бича”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1895) “би́чѭ, -ишь; -чи́лъ (тур.)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 42

### Anagrams

* чиба (čiba)

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲɪˈt͡ɕa]

### Noun

бича́ • (bičá) m inan or m anim
* inflection of бич (bič):
** genitive singular
** animate accusative singular