matica

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mâtit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

mȁtica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏тица)

  1. queen (insects)
  2. source, home (figuratively)
  3. mainstream (also figuratively)
  4. registry, record book
  5. nut, fastener (piece of metal)

Declension
Declension of matica
singular plural
nominative matica matice
genitive matice matica
dative matici maticama
accusative maticu matice
vocative matice / matico matice
locative matici maticama
instrumental maticom maticama

Slovak

Etymology

From mať, related to Sanskrit mātr, mother.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmacit͡sa/

Noun

matica f (genitive singular matice, nominative plural matice, genitive plural matíc, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. matrix
  2. nut (hardware)
  3. fraternal organization

Declension
Declension of matica
singular plural
nominative matica matice
genitive matice matíc
dative matici maticiam
accusative maticu matice
locative matici maticiach
instrumental maticou maticami
  • Matica Slovenská
  • matičný

Further reading
  • “matica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /máːtit͡sa/

Noun

mȃtica f

  1. queen (insects)
  2. home base (central unit of organisation)
  3. nut (piece of metal)

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. mática
gen. sing. mátice
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 mática mátici mátice
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 mátice mátic mátic
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 mátici máticama máticam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 mático mátici mátice
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 mátici máticah máticah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 mático máticama máticami

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