matica
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mâtit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ti‧ca
Noun
mȁtica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏тица)
- queen (insects)
- source, home (figuratively)
- mainstream (also figuratively)
- registry, record book
- nut, fastener (piece of metal)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | matica | matice |
| genitive | matice | matica |
| dative | matici | maticama |
| accusative | maticu | matice |
| vocative | matice / matico | matice |
| locative | matici | maticama |
| instrumental | maticom | maticama |
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmacit͡sa]
Noun
matica f (relational adjective maticový or matičný, diminutive matička)
- matrix
- nut (hardware)
- fraternity
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | matica | matice |
| genitive | matice | matíc |
| dative | matici | maticiam |
| accusative | maticu | matice |
| locative | matici | maticiach |
| instrumental | maticou | maticami |
Related terms
- Matica Slovenská
Further reading
- “matica”, 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): /máːtit͡sa/
Noun
mȃtica f
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | mática | ||
| gen. sing. | mátice | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
mática | mátici | mátice |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
mátice | mátic | mátic |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
mátici | máticama | máticam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
mático | mátici | mátice |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
mátici | máticah | máticah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
mático | máticama | máticami |
Further reading
- “matica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025