ніць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• nić — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Old Belarusian нить (nitʹ), from Old East Slavic нить (nitĭ), from Proto-Slavic *nitь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nī́ˀtis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲit͡sʲ]

Noun

ніць • (nicʹ) f inan (genitive ні́ці, nominative plural ні́ці, genitive plural ні́цей, relational adjective ніцяны́, diminutive ні́тачка)

1. thread

Declension

Declension of ніць (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ніць nicʹ	ні́ці níci
genitive	ні́ці níci	ні́цей nícjej
dative	ні́ці níci	ні́цям nícjam
accusative	ніць nicʹ	ні́ці níci
instrumental	ні́ццю níccju	ні́цямі nícjami
locative	ні́ці níci	ні́цях nícjax
count form	—	ні́ці1 níci1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• ні́тка (nítka)

Further reading

• “ніць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org