защита

Action noun of защи́тя (zaštítja, “to shield”) +‎ -а (-a), perhaps stretching back to Proto-Slavic *zaščita.

• IPA^(key): [zɐʃˈtitɐ]

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• Rhymes: -itɐ
• Syllabification^(key): за‧щи‧та

защи́та • (zaštíta) f (relational adjective защи́тен)

1. defence, shielding

   Synonyms: отбра́на (otbrána), прикри́тие (prikrítie)

2. protection

   Synonyms: закри́ла (zakríla), покрови́телство (pokrovítelstvo)

3. guard

   Synonyms: стра́жа (stráža), (dialectal) карау́л (karaúl)

• защи́тник m (zaštítnik), защи́тница f (zaštítnica, “defender, shielder”)

• щит (štit, “shield”)

• бро́ня (brónja)

• “защита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “защита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Old Slovak záštita. By surface analysis, deverbal from защициц (zaščicic). Cognates include Slovak záštita, Serbo-Croatian заштита / zaštita and Carpathian Rusyn защита (zaščyta).

• IPA^(key): [zaˈʃt͡ʃita]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: за‧щи‧та

защита (zaščita) f (relational adjective защитни)

1. protection

   Synonyms: чуванє (čuvanje), бранєнє (branjenje)

   здравствена защита ― zdravstvena zaščita ― healthcare (literally, “health protection”)

2. protection, shelter

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “защита”, 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), “protection”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 229

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈɕːitə]

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защи́та • (zaščíta) f inan (genitive защи́ты, nominative plural защи́ты, genitive plural защи́т)

1. defense, protection, advocacy
2. aegis, shield, armour, shelter, cover

   абляцио́нная защи́та ― abljaciónnaja zaščíta ― ablative armor

3. protection
4. defense, guard

• оборо́на f (oboróna)