зеница

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zɛˈnit͡sɐ]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

зени́ца • (zeníca) f

  1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension
Declension of зени́ца
singular plural
indefinite зени́ца
zeníca		 зени́ци
zeníci
definite зени́цата
zenícata		 зени́ците
zenícite

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛnit͡sa]
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

зеница • (zenica) f (relational adjective зеничен)

  1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension
Declension of зеница
singular plural
indefinite зеница зеници
definite unspecified зеницата зениците
definite proximal зеницава зенициве
definite distal зеницана зеницине
vocative зенице зеници

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zʲɪˈnʲit͡sə]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

зени́ца • (zeníca) f inan (genitive зени́цы, nominative plural зени́цы, genitive plural зени́ц)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) pupil (of the eye)
    Synonym: (standard term) зрачо́к m (zračók)
    бере́чь как зени́цу о́ка ― beréčʹ kak zenícu óka ― to cherish like the apple of one's eye

Declension
Declension of зени́ца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative зени́ца
zeníca		 зени́цы
zenícy
genitive зени́цы
zenícy		 зени́ц
zeníc
dative зени́це
zeníce		 зени́цам
zenícam
accusative зени́цу
zenícu		 зени́цы
zenícy
instrumental зени́цей, зени́цею
zenícej, zeníceju		 зени́цами
zenícami
prepositional зени́це
zeníce		 зени́цах
zenícax

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zěnit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: зе‧ни‧ца

Noun

зѐница f (Latin spelling zènica)

  1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension
Declension of зеница
singular plural
nominative зеница зенице
genitive зенице зеница
dative зеници зеницама
accusative зеницу зенице
vocative зенице / зеницо зенице
locative зеници зеницама
instrumental зеницом зеницама
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