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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *samica. By surface analysis, сам(е́ць) (sam(écʹ)) + -и́ця (-ýcja). Compare Polish samica, Czech samice.
Pronunciation
Noun
сами́ця • (samýcja) f animal (genitive сами́ці, nominative plural сами́ці, genitive plural сами́ць, masculine саме́ць)
- (zoology) female (an animal of the female sex)
- Synonym: са́мка f (sámka)
Declension
Declension of сами́ця (animal soft fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “самиця”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “самиця”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “самиця”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “самиця”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “самиця”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “самиця”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)