vuci

vuci

1. nominative/vocative plural of vuk

vuci (Cyrillic spelling вуци)

1. second-person singular imperative of vući
2. (on a door handle) pull

   Antonym: guraj (“to push”)

• 'uci (apheretic)
• uci (eye dialect)

Inherited from Latin vōx, vōcem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ʃi/, [ˈvu.ʃɪ], [ˈu.ʃɪ]
• Hyphenation: vù‧ci

vuci f (plural vuci)

1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

   Synonyms: cantu, cuntu

   A vuci umana è u cchiù anticu strummentu musicali dâ storia.

   The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.

   Àvi na vuci duci.

   She has a pleasant voice.

   A so' 'uci vascia ci pirmisi di 'ddivintari u vasciu dû coru.H

   is low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.

2. (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
3. The tone or sound emitted by an object

   Synonyms: scrusciu, sonu

4. The faculty or power of utterance

   Synonym: u cuntari

5. That which is communicated; message; meaning.

   Synonyms: cantu, cuntu

6. (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered

   Synonyms: cuntu, pinzeri

7. (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
8. (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

   U sistema virbali dû latinu àvi du' vuci, attiva e passiva.

   The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.

9. (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.

   U tema di stu pezzu passa sempri pî so' tri vuci.

   The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.