седмица

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic седмица (sedmica), from Proto-Slavic *sedmica. Equivalent to се́дем (sédem) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛdmit͡sɐ]

Noun

се́дмица • (sédmicafl

  1. week
Declension
Declension of се́дмица
singular plural
indefinite се́дмица
sédmica
се́дмици
sédmici
definite се́дмицата
sédmicata
се́дмиците
sédmicite

Etymology 2

се́дем (sédem) +‎ -и́ца (-íca)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛdˈmit͡sɐ]

Noun

седми́ца • (sedmícaf

  1. the figure seven
  2. card bearing seven pips
Declension
Declension of седми́ца
singular plural
indefinite седми́ца
sedmíca
седми́ци
sedmíci
definite седми́цата
sedmícata
седми́ците
sedmícite

Further reading

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedmica. Equivalent to седум (sedum) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛdmit͡sa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

седмица • (sedmicaf

  1. seven (the name of the numeral)
  2. week

Usage notes

  • This word is very rarely used in the sense of "week", as it sounds very bookish. Instead, the more colloquial "недела" is preferred.

Declension

Declension of седмица
singular plural
indefinite седмица (sedmica) седмици (sedmici)
definite unspecified седмицата (sedmicata) седмиците (sedmicite)
definite proximal седмицава (sedmicava) седмициве (sedmicive)
definite distal седмицана (sedmicana) седмицине (sedmicine)
vocative седмице (sedmice) седмици (sedmici)

See also

Playing cards in Macedonian · ка́рти за и́грање (kárti za ígranje) (layout · text)
ас (as), кец (kec) дво́јка (dvójka) тро́јка (trójka) че́творка (čétvorka) пе́тка (pétka) ше́стка (šéstka) се́думка (sédumka), се́дмица (sédmica)
о́сумка (ósumka), о́смица (ósmica) де́ветка (dévetka) де́сетка (désetka) џа́ндар (džándar) кра́лица (králica), да́ма (dáma) крал (kral) џо́кер (džóker)

Russian

Alternative forms

  • седьми́ца (sedʹmíca)[1]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedmica. Compare Bulgarian се́дмица (sédmica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲɪdˈmʲit͡sə]

Noun

седми́ца • (sedmícaf inan (genitive седми́цы, nominative plural седми́цы, genitive plural седми́ц)

  1. (obsolete) week
    Synonym: неде́ля (nedélja)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Dal, Vladimir (1909) “седмерица”, in Толковый Словарь живого великорусскаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 4, товарищество М. О. Вольфъ, page 116

Further reading

  • Bogatova, G. A., editor (2000), “седмица”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 24 (се – скорый), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 27
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “седмица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “неде́ля”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 566

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedmica. Equivalent to се̏дам +‎ -ица.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sědmit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: сед‧ми‧ца
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

сѐдмица f (Latin spelling sèdmica)

  1. week
    Synonym: (Croatian) тје̏дан
  2. seven (digit or figure)
  3. anything numbered seven (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 7 etc.)

Declension

Declension of седмица
singular plural
nominative седмица седмице
genitive седмице седмица
dative седмици седмицама
accusative седмицу седмице
vocative седмице / седмицо седмице
locative седмици седмицама
instrumental седмицом седмицама

Synonyms

See also

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · играће карте (layout · text)
ас, кец двојка, двица тројка, трица четворка, четвртица петица шестица седмица
осмица деветка, деветица десетка, десетица дечко, пуб, жандар, фант краљица, дама краљ џокер

Further reading

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