житнїца
See also: житница
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak žitnica, presumably reinforced by Serbo-Croatian житница / žitnica. By surface analysis, жито (žito) + -нїца (-njica).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʒicˈɲit͡sa]
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Hyphenation: жит‧нї‧ца
Noun
житнїца (žitnjica) f
- granary
- Synonym: гамбар (hambar)
- (figuratively) granary, breadbasket (region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | житнїца (žitnjica) | житнїци (žitnjici) |
| genitive | житнїци (žitnjici) | житнїцох (žitnjicox) |
| dative | житнїци (žitnjici) | житнїцом (žitnjicom) |
| accusative | житнїцу (žitnjicu) | житнїци (žitnjici) |
| instrumental | житнїцу (žitnjicu) | житнїцами (žitnjicami) |
| locative | житнїци (žitnjici) | житнїцох (žitnjicox) |
| vocative | житнїцо (žitnjico) | житнїци (žitnjici) |
References
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “житнїца”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “granary”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 128