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Etymology 1 edit

Denominal from dialectal бо́ля (bólja, pain, disease) +‎ -ница (-nica).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔɫnit͡sɐ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

бо́лница (bólnicaf (relational adjective бо́лничен)

  1. hospital
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Etymology 2 edit

Deverbal from боля́ (boljá, to hurt, to cause pain) +‎ -ница (-nica)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

болни́ца (bolnícaf (masculine болни́к)

  1. (archaic) female equivalent of болни́к (bolník): sick woman
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References edit

  • болница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • болница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

болница (bolnicaf (plural болници, relational adjective болнички)

  1. hospital

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

бол (pain) +‎ -ница (place).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bǒːlnit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: бол‧ни‧ца
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun edit

бо́лница f (Latin spelling bólnica)

  1. hospital

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