žica
See also: zica, zicá, and zică
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *dьžica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒîtsa/
- Hyphenation: ži‧ca
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
Noun
žȉca f (Cyrillic spelling жи̏ца)
- acanthus spinosissimus
Declension
Declension of žica
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | žica | žice |
| genitive | žice | žica |
| dative | žici | žicama |
| accusative | žicu | žice |
| vocative | žico | žice |
| locative | žici | žicama |
| instrumental | žicom | žicama |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *žica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒîtsa/
- Hyphenation: ži‧ca
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
Noun
žȉca f (Cyrillic spelling жи̏ца)
- wire (thin thread of metal)
Declension
Declension of žica
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | žica | žice |
| genitive | žice | žica |
| dative | žici | žicama |
| accusative | žicu | žice |
| vocative | žico | žice |
| locative | žici | žicama |
| instrumental | žicom | žicama |
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒìːt͡sa/
Noun
žíca f
- wire (thin thread of metal)
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | žíca | ||
| gen. sing. | žíce | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | žíca | žíci | žíce |
| accusative | žíco | žíci | žíce |
| genitive | žíce | žíc | žíc |
| dative | žíci | žícama | žícam |
| locative | žíci | žícah | žícah |
| instrumental | žíco | žícama | žícami |
Further reading
- “žica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran