лудница
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, луд (lud, “mad”) + -ница (-nica).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɫodnit͡sɐ]
- Hyphenation: луд‧ни‧ца
- Rhymes: -it͡sɐ
Noun
лу́дница • (lúdnica) f
- (colloquial) psychiatric facility, mental hospital, lunatic asylum
- Synonym: (formal) психиатрична клиника (psihiatrična klinika)
- (including figuratively) madhouse, bughouse, nuthouse
- (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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | лу́дница lúdnica |
лу́дници lúdnici |
| definite | лу́дницата lúdnicata |
лу́дниците lúdnicite |
Related terms
- 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 • (ludnica) f (plural лудници)
- madhouse, psychiatric facility, mental hospital, lunatic asylum, bughouse, nuthouse
- (figurative) madness, insanity (in reference to an action or situation rather than a state of mind)
Declension
| 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)
Declension
| 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