зеница

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛˈnit͡sɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

зени́ца • (zeníca) f

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 • (zenica) f (relational adjective зеничен)

1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

Declension of зеница

	singular	plural
indefinite	зеница	зеници
definite unspecified	зеницата	зениците
definite proximal	зеницава	зенициве
definite distal	зеницана	зеницине
vocative	зенице	зеници

Russian

Alternative forms

• зѣни́ца (zěníca) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zʲɪˈnʲit͡sə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

зени́ца • (zeníca) f 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 о́ка ― beréčʹ kak zenícu óka ― to cherish like the apple of one's eye

Declension

Declension of зени́ца (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	зени́ца zeníca	зени́цы zenícy
genitive	зени́цы zenícy	зени́ц zeníc
dative	зени́це zeníce	зени́цам zenícam
accusative	зени́цу zenícu	зени́цы zenícy
instrumental	зени́цей, зени́цею zenícej, zeníceju	зени́цами zenícami
prepositional	зени́це zeníce	зени́цах zenícax

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• зјѐница (Ijekavian)

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