лудница

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, луд (lud, mad) +‎ -ница (-nica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫodnit͡sɐ]
  • Hyphenation: луд‧ни‧ца
  • Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

лу́дница • (lúdnicaf

  1. (colloquial) psychiatric facility, mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    Synonym: (formal) психиатрична клиника (psihiatrična klinika)
  2. (including figuratively) madhouse, bughouse, nuthouse
  3. (figurative) state of madness, insanity, mayhem, pandemonium, chaos, bedlam
    Цари лудница на стоковия пазар.
    Cari ludnica na stokovija pazar.
    Pandemonium reigns on the stock market.

Declension

Declension of лу́дница
singular plural
indefinite лу́дница
lúdnica
лу́дници
lúdnici
definite лу́дницата
lúdnicata
лу́дниците
lúdnicite
  • лудори́я (ludoríja, foolery)
  • лу́дост (lúdost, madness)

References

  • лудница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лудница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

By surface analysis, луд (lud, mad) +‎ -ница (-nica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫudnit͡sa]
  • Hyphenation: луд‧ни‧ца
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

лудница • (ludnicaf (plural лудници)

  1. madhouse, psychiatric facility, mental hospital, lunatic asylum, bughouse, nuthouse
  2. (figurative) madness, insanity (in reference to an action or situation rather than a state of mind)

Declension

Declension of лудница
singular plural
indefinite лудница (ludnica) лудници (ludnici)
definite unspecified лудницата (ludnicata) лудниците (ludnicite)
definite proximal лудницава (ludnicava) луднициве (ludnicive)
definite distal лудницана (ludnicana) лудницине (ludnicine)
vocative луднице (ludnice) лудници (ludnici)

References

  • лудница” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From lȗd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǔːdnit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: lud‧ni‧ca

Noun

лу́дница f (Latin spelling lúdnica)

  1. madhouse

Declension

Declension of лудница
singular plural
nominative ludnica ludnice
genitive ludnice ludnica
dative ludnici ludnicama
accusative ludnicu ludnice
vocative ludnice / ludnico ludnice
locative ludnici ludnicama
instrumental ludnicom ludnicama

References

  • лудница”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025