сочевиця

Ukrainian

сочевиця

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сочевица (sočevica), from Proto-Slavic *sočevica and *sočivo, probably from *sòkъ (“juice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos. Compare Russian чечеви́ца (čečevíca), Belarusian сачаві́ца (sačavíca), Polish soczewica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔt͡ʃeˈʋɪt͡sʲɐ]

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Noun

сочеви́ця • (sočevýcja) f inan (genitive сочеви́ці, nominative plural сочеви́ці, genitive plural сочеви́ць)

1. lentil (any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods)
2. (collective) lentils (the seed of these plants, used as food)

Declension

Declension of сочеви́ця (inan soft fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	сочеви́ця sočevýcja	сочеви́ці sočevýci
genitive	сочеви́ці sočevýci	сочеви́ць sočevýcʹ
dative	сочеви́ці sočevýci	сочеви́цям sočevýcjam
accusative	сочеви́цю sočevýcju	сочеви́ці sočevýci
instrumental	сочеви́цею sočevýceju	сочеви́цями sočevýcjamy
locative	сочеви́ці sočevýci	сочеви́цях sočevýcjax
vocative	сочеви́це sočevýce	сочеви́ці sočevýci

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сочевиця”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “сочевиця”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “сочевиця”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “сочевиця”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “сочевиця”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “сочевиця”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)