matica

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâtit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

mȁtica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏тица)

  1. queen (insects)
  2. source, home (figuratively)
  3. mainstream (also figuratively)
  4. registry, record book
  5. nut, fastener (piece of metal)

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From mať, related to Sanskrit mātr, mother.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmacit͡sa/

Noun

matica f (genitive singular matice, nominative plural matice, genitive plural matíc, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. matrix
  2. nut (hardware)
  3. fraternal organization

Declension

  • Matica Slovenská
  • matičný

Further reading

  • matica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /máːtit͡sa/

Noun

mȃtica f

  1. queen (insects)
  2. home base (central unit of organisation)
  3. nut (piece of metal)

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

  • matica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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