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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic зѣница (zěnica), from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.
Pronunciation
Noun
зени́ца • (zeníca) f
- pupil (of the eye)
Declension
References
- “зеница”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “зеница”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.
Pronunciation
Noun
зеница • (zenica) f (relational adjective зеничен)
- pupil (of the eye)
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.
Pronunciation
Noun
зени́ца • (zeníca) f inan (genitive зени́цы, nominative plural зени́цы, genitive plural зени́ц)
- (obsolete, poetic) pupil (of the eye)
- Synonym: (standard term) зрачо́к m (zračók)
- бере́чь как зени́цу о́ка ― beréčʹ kak zenícu óka ― to cherish like the apple of one's eye
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zěnit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: зе‧ни‧ца
Noun
зѐница f (Latin spelling zènica)
- pupil (of the eye)
Declension