policija

See also: policijā

Latvian

Policija Rīgā

Noun

policija f (4th declension)

1. police (security organ of a state)

   policijas iecirknis ― police station

   dienēt policijā ― to serve in the police

   policijas priekšnieks ― police chief

   drošības policija ― security police

   politiskā policija ― political police

   kriminālā policija, kriminālpolicija ― criminal police

   slepenā policija, slepenpolicija ― secret police

   policijas stunda ― curfew (lit. police hour)

2. (collective) police (people who work in this security organ)

   Ieradās policija. ― The police arrived.

3. police station (building where the police works)

   ierasties policijā ― to come to the police

   Viņš mani pavadīja uz policiju. ― He accompanied me to the police.

Declension

Declension of policija (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	policija	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	policiju	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	policijas	—
dative (datīvs)	policijai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	policiju	—
locative (lokatīvs)	policijā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	policija	—

Derived terms

• kriminālpolicija, kriminālā policija
• policijas stunda
• slepenpolicija, slepenā policija

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā), via Russian полиция (policija).

Pronunciation

• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) IPA^(key): /poːˈlʲɪt͡sʲɪjɐ/

Noun

polìcija f (plural polìcijos) stress pattern 1

1. police (an administrative institution to maintain public security and order)
2. police station (the building where this institution works)
3. (collectively) police officers (the people who work in this institution)

Declension

Declension of polìcija

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	polìcija	polìcijos
genitive (kilmininkas)	polìcijos	polìcijų
dative (naudininkas)	polìcijai	polìcijoms
accusative (galininkas)	polìciją	polìcijas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	polìcija	polìcijomis
locative (vietininkas)	polìcijoje	polìcijose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	polìcija	polìcijos

Derived terms

• policijantas
• policininkas
• policinis

Further reading

• “policija”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “policija”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
• Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch‎^[1], volumes I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polǐt͡sija/
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ci‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

polìcija f (Cyrillic spelling полѝција)

1. police

Declension

Declension of policija

	singular	plural
nominative	policija	policije
genitive	policije	policija
dative	policiji	policijama
accusative	policiju	policije
vocative	policijo	policije
locative	policiji	policijama
instrumental	policijom	policijama

Synonyms

• (police): mìlīcija (mostly historical)

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā), compare German Polizei, Italian polizia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔlit͡síːja/

Noun

policȋja f

1. police

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	policíja
gen. sing.	policíje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	policíja	policíji	policíje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	policíje	policíj	policíj
dative (dajȃlnik)	policíji	policíjama	policíjam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	policíjo	policíji	policíje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	policíji	policíjah	policíjah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	policíjo	policíjama	policíjami

Further reading

• “policija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran