zenica

See also: źenica

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• zjènica (Ijekavian)
• źenica (Montenegro)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zěnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ze‧ni‧ca

Noun

zènica f (Cyrillic spelling зѐница)

1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

Declension of zenica

	singular	plural
nominative	zenica	zenice
genitive	zenice	zenica
dative	zenici	zenicama
accusative	zenicu	zenice
vocative	zenice / zenico	zenice
locative	zenici	zenicama
instrumental	zenicom	zenicama

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zěnica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛnìːt͡sa/

Noun

zeníca f

1. pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	zeníca
gen. sing.	zeníce
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zeníca	zeníci	zeníce
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zeníce	zeníc	zeníc
dative (dajȃlnik)	zeníci	zenícama	zenícam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zeníco	zeníci	zeníce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zeníci	zenícah	zenícah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zeníco	zenícama	zenícami

Further reading

• “zenica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024