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Ukrainian
Etymology
From хрещ(е́ник) (xrešč(ényk)) + -ениця (-enycja). Compare Russian кре́стница (kréstnica), Belarusian хрэ́сніца (xrésnica), Polish chrześnica.
Pronunciation
Noun
хреще́ниця • (xreščénycja) f pers (genitive хреще́ниці, nominative plural хреще́ниці, genitive plural хреще́ниць, masculine хреще́ник)
- female equivalent of хреще́ник (xreščényk): goddaughter
- Synonyms: хреще́на дочка́ f (xreščéna dočká), похре́сниця f (poxrésnycja), (rare) хрище́ниця f (xryščénycja)
Declension
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “хрещениця”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “хрещениця”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “хрещениця”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “хрещениця”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “хрещениця”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)