iglica

Polish

Etymology

From igła (“needle”) +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iɡˈli.t͡sa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Syllabification: ig‧li‧ca

Noun

iglica f (diminutive igliczka)

  1. any plant of the genus Erodium, particularly the redstem filaree (Erodium cicutarium)
  2. damselfly of the genus Nehalennia
  3. (architecture) spire
  4. (geology) needle (sharp pinnacle of rock)
  5. (firearms) firing pin
  6. part of a railroad switch
  7. (literary) needle (leaf of conifers)
  8. needle (indicator)
  9. (fishing) net needle
  10. (obsolete) a hairpin or a type of brooch

Declension
Declension of iglica
singular plural
nominative iglica iglice
genitive iglicy iglic
dative iglicy iglicom
accusative iglicę iglice
instrumental iglicą iglicami
locative iglicy iglicach
vocative iglico iglice

Further reading
  • iglica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • iglica in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Diminutive of ìgla (“needle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ǐɡlit̪͡s̪a/

Noun

ìglica f (Cyrillic spelling ѝглица)

  1. needle (leaf of conifer)
  2. a small needle
  3. (electricity) a pin
  4. garfish (fish of genus Belone)
  5. Geraniaceae (family)

Declension
Declension of iglica
singular plural
nominative iglica iglice
genitive iglice iglica
dative iglici iglicama
accusative iglicu iglice
vocative iglice iglice
locative iglici iglicama
instrumental iglicom iglicama

References
  • (needle, pin) “iglica” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • (garfish, Geraniaceae) “iglica” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /íːɡlit͡sa/

Noun

ȋglica f

  1. needle (leaf of conifer)

Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. íglica
gen. sing. íglice
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 íglica íglici íglice
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 íglice íglic íglic
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 íglici íglicama íglicam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 íglico íglici íglice
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 íglici íglicah íglicah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 íglico íglicama íglicami

Further reading
  • “iglica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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