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Bulgarian
Etymology
уби́я (ubíja, “to kill”) + -ца (-ca)
Pronunciation
Noun
уби́йца • (ubíjca) f (masculine уби́ец)
- (archaic) female equivalent of уби́ец (ubíec): murderess, female killer, slayer, assassin
Declension
References
- “убийца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “убийца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оубиица (ubiica), from Proto-Slavic *ubьjьca. In case of native origin *убе́йца (*ubéjca) would be expected. By surface analysis, уби́ть (ubítʹ) + -ца (-ca). Compare Russian уби́вец (ubívec), уби́вца (ubívca) (dialectal) and Ukrainian уби́вця (ubývcja).
Pronunciation
Noun
уби́йца • (ubíjca) m anim or f anim (genitive уби́йцы, nominative plural уби́йцы, genitive plural уби́йц)
- murderer
- assassin
- наёмный уби́йца ― najómnyj ubíjca ― hired assassin
Declension