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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Latin militia. Compare Russian мили́ция (milícija), Belarusian мілі́цыя (milícyja), Polish milicja.
Pronunciation
Noun
мілі́ція • (milícija) f inan (genitive мілі́ції, nominative plural мілі́ції, genitive plural мілі́цій)
- (uncountable) militsia, police
- (countable) militia
Usage notes
- In Ukraine, the terms мілі́ція (milícija) and міліціоне́р (milicionér) referred respectively to the main national law enforcement agency and its officers until 2015, when the мілі́ція was replaced by the Націона́льна полі́ція Украї́ни (Nacionálʹna polícija Ukrajíny, “National Police of Ukraine”).
Declension
Declension of мілі́ція (inan j-stem fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “міліція”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “міліція”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “міліція”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “міліція”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “міліція”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “міліція”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “міліція”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)