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Bulgarian
Etymology 1
Denominal from dialectal бо́ля (bólja, “pain, disease”) + -ница (-nica).
Pronunciation
Noun
бо́лница • (bólnica) f (relational adjective бо́лничен)
- hospital
Declension
Etymology 2
Deverbal from боля́ (boljá, “to hurt, to cause pain”) + -ница (-nica)
Pronunciation
Noun
болни́ца • (bolníca) f (masculine болни́к)
- (archaic) female equivalent of болни́к (bolník): sick woman
Declension
References
- “болница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “болница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
болница • (bolnica) f (plural болници, relational adjective болнички)
- hospital
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
бол (“pain”) + -ница (“place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǒːlnit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: бол‧ни‧ца
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
Noun
бо́лница f (Latin spelling bólnica)
- hospital
Declension
Further reading
- “болница” in Hrvatski jezični portal