зеница

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic зѣница (zěnica), from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

зени́ца • (zenícaf

  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 • (zenicaf (relational adjective зеничен)

  1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

Declension of зеница
singular plural
indefinite зеница (zenica) зеници (zenici)
definite unspecified зеницата (zenicata) зениците (zenicite)
definite proximal зеницава (zenicava) зенициве (zenicive)
definite distal зеницана (zenicana) зеницине (zenicine)
vocative зенице (zenice) зеници (zenici)

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

зени́ца • (zenícaf 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 о́каberéčʹ kak zenícu ókato cherish like the apple of one's eye

Declension

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