убивця
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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ubьjьca. By surface analysis, уби́ти (ubýty, “to kill”) + ця (cja).
Compare Bulgarian уби́йца (ubíjca), Macedonian убица (ubica), Old Church Slavonic убиїца (ubiica), Russian уби́йца (ubíjca), and Serbo-Croatian убица.
Pronunciation
Noun
уби́вця • (ubývcja) m pers (genitive уби́вці, nominative plural уби́вці, genitive plural уби́вць)
- a murderer
- Synonyms: різу́н (rizún), головорі́з (holovoríz), горлорі́з (horloríz)
- an assassin
- a butcher
Declension
Declension of уби́вця (pers soft fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “убивця”, 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), “убивця”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “убивця”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries