maternica

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mati +‎ -nica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâternit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ter‧ni‧ca

Noun

mȁternica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏терница)

  1. womb, uterus
    Synonym: ȕtroba

Declension

Declension of maternica
singular plural
nominative maternica maternice
genitive maternice maternica
dative maternici maternicama
accusative maternicu maternice
vocative maternice / maternico maternice
locative maternici maternicama
instrumental maternicom maternicama

References

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmacerɲit͡sa]

Noun

maternica f (relational adjective maternicový or materničný)

  1. womb, uterus

Declension

Declension of maternica
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativematernicamaternice
genitivematernicematerníc
dativematernicimaterniciam
accusativematernicumaternice
locativematernicimaterniciach
instrumentalmaternicoumaternicami

Further reading

  • maternica”, 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, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /máːtɛrnit͡sa/

Noun

mȃternica f

  1. womb (organ in mammals)

Declension

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. máternica
gen. sing. máternice
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
máternica máternici máternice
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
máternice máternic máternic
dative
(dajȃlnik)
máternici máternicama máternicam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
máternico máternici máternice
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
máternici máternicah máternicah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
máternico máternicama máternicami

Further reading

  • maternica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025