Marica

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See also: marica, and Maricá

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Marīca f sg (genitive Marīcae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) A nymph, mother of Latinus

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Marīca
genitive Marīcae
dative Marīcae
accusative Marīcam
ablative Marīcā
vocative Marīca

References

  • “Marica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Marica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Màrija +‎ -ca.

Proper noun

Mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рица)

  1. a female given name, Hypocoristic of Màrija
Declension
    Declension of Marica
singular plural
nominative Marica Marice
genitive Marice Marica
dative Marici Maricama
accusative Maricu Marice
vocative Marico Marice
locative Marici Maricama
instrumental Maricom Maricama

Etymology 2

Perhaps the same as above.

Proper noun

Mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рица)

  1. Maritsa (a river in Bulgaria)

Further reading

  • “Marica”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024
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