Danica

See also: Dănică and dánica

English

Alternative forms

• Danika

Etymology

From Slavic female given name, from the Slavic name for the Morning Star (an aspect of the planet Venus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdænɪkə/

Proper noun

Danica (plural Danicas)

1. A female given name from the Slavic languages

See also

• Dana
• Dani
• Daniella
• Danielle
• Danni

 

Latin

Pronunciation

• Dānica: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.ni.ka/, [ˈd̪äːnɪkä]
• Dānica: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ni.ka/, [ˈd̪äːnikä]
• Dānicā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.ni.kaː/, [ˈd̪äːnɪkäː]
• Dānicā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ni.ka/, [ˈd̪äːnikä]

Adjective

Dānica

1. inflection of Dānicus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

Dānicā

1. ablative feminine singular of Dānicus

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьnьnica (“morning star”), from *dьnь (“day”) + *-ьnъ (“-ish”) + *-ica (feminine noun-forming suffix). By surface analysis, dȃn +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǎnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: Da‧ni‧ca

Proper noun

Dànica f (Cyrillic spelling Да̀ница)

1. (uncountable) morning star
2. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Danica

	singular
nominative	Danica
genitive	Danice
dative	Danici
accusative	Danicu
vocative	Danice
locative	Danici
instrumental	Danicom

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Danica or Slovene Danica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɲit͡sa/

Proper noun

Danica f (genitive singular Danice, nominative plural Danice, declension pattern of ulica)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Danica

	singular	plural
nominative	Danica	Danice
genitive	Danice	Daníc
dative	Danici	Daniciam
accusative	Danicu	Danice
locative	Danici	Daniciach
instrumental	Danicou	Danicami

Derived terms

• Dana, Danka
• Danuľa, Danuľka
• Danuša, Danuška

Further reading

• “Danica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024