polica

See also: poliça

Esperanto

Etymology

From polico +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈlit͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Hyphenation: po‧li‧ca

Adjective

polica (accusative singular polican, plural policaj, accusative plural policajn)

  1. Of, belonging to or pertaining to the police.

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polica. By surface analysis, pół +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

Noun

polica f

  1. (Chełmno, Far Masovian) synonym of półka

Further reading

  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “polica”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 119
  • Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “polica”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 391

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polica.

Noun

pòlica f (Cyrillic spelling по̀лица)

  1. shelf
  2. policy

Declension

Declension of polica
singular plural
nominative polica police
genitive police polica
dative polici policama
accusative policu police
vocative polico police
locative polici policama
instrumental policom policama

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *polica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔlìːt͡sa/

Noun

políca f

  1. shelf

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. políca
gen. sing. políce
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
políca políci políce
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
políce políc políc
dative
(dajȃlnik)
políci polícama polícam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
políco políci políce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
políci polícah polícah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
políco polícama polícami

Further reading

  • polica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • polica”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references