# лисица
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica, parsable as (poetic) ли́са (lísa) +‎ -ица (-ica).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [liˈsit͡sɐ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

### Noun

лиси́ца • (lisíca) f (relational adjective лиси́чи, diminutive лиси́чка)
* fox
    же́нска лиси́ца ― žénska lisíca ― vixen, female fox
* foxskin
* (figurative) cunning, evil person
    Върти си очите като лисица пред курник. (idiom)Vǎrti si očite kato lisica pred kurnik.[One] rolls their eyes like a fox in front of a henhouse.
* (usually in the plural) in a rural oxcart, one of two curved beams connecting to the rear axle

#### Derived terms

* летяща лисица (letjašta lisica, “megabat”) (literally: “flying fox”)

#### Related terms

* ли́са (lísa), лиса́на (lisána); ли́ска (líska) (rare, dialectal)
* лису́гер m (lisúger)

### References

* “лисица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “лисица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “лиси́ца”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 14
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лисица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 421
* “лисъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlisit͡sa]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ли‧си‧ца
* Rhymes: -it͡sa

### Noun

лисица • (lisica) f (masculine лисец, relational adjective лисичин, diminutive лисиче)
* vixen (female fox)
* fox (of either sex)

#### Derived terms

* лисичар m (lisičar)
* лисичарка f (lisičarka)
* лисичина f (lisičina)

#### Related terms

* лиса f (lisa)
* лисана f (lisana)
* лисест (lisest)

### References

* лисица in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lʲɪˈsʲit͡sə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

лиси́ца • (lisíca) f anim (genitive лиси́цы, nominative plural лиси́цы, genitive plural лиси́ц, diminutive лиси́чка)
* fox (Vulpes vulpes)
* vixen (female fox)

#### Usage notes

The usual word for fox is лиси́ца, while лиса́ (lisá) is somewhat more poetic, and лис (lis) is specifically the male.

#### Synonyms

* лис m (lis)
* лиса́ f (lisá)

#### Derived terms

* бе́лая лиси́ца f anim (bélaja lisíca) (Albula vulpes)
* белосне́жная лиси́ца f anim (belosnéžnaja lisíca)
* большеу́хая лиси́ца f anim (bolʹšeúxaja lisíca, “bat-eared fox”)
* лету́чая лиси́ца f anim (letúčaja lisíca, “flying fox”)
* пла́тиновая лиси́ца f anim (plátinovaja lisíca)
* поля́рная лиси́ца f anim (poljárnaja lisíca)
* серебри́сто-чёрная лиси́ца f anim (serebrísto-čórnaja lisíca)
* тибе́тская лиси́ца f anim (tibétskaja lisíca)
* чернобу́рая лиси́ца f anim (černobúraja lisíca)

#### Related terms

* лисёнок (lisjónok)
* ли́сий (lísij)
** ли́сья нора́ (lísʹja norá)
* лисиный (lisinyj)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǐsit͡sa/
* Hyphenation: ли‧си‧ца

### Noun

лѝсица f (Latin spelling lìsica)
* vixen (female fox)
* (figuratively) a sly woman
* (soccer, chiefly in plural) Leicester City player

#### Related terms

* ли́сац

### Further reading

* “лисица”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025