царица

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɐˈrit͡sɐ]
• Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

Noun

цари́ца • (caríca) f (masculine цар, relational adjective цари́цин or цари́чин)

1. female equivalent of цар (car): tsarina, tsaritsa
2. female equivalent of цар (car): empress, queen
3. (chess) queen (a chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)

Declension

Declension of цари́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	цари́ца caríca	цари́ци caríci
definite	цари́цата carícata	цари́ците carícite
vocative form	цари́це caríce	цари́ци caríci

Related terms

• цар m (car)

Macedonian

Etymology

From цар (car) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡saˈrit͡sa]
• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Hyphenation: ца‧ри‧ца

Noun

царица • (carica) f (relational adjective царичин)

1. female equivalent of цар (car): empress, tsarina, tsaritsa

Declension

Declension of царица

	singular	plural
indefinite	царица (carica)	царици (carici)
definite unspecified	царицата (caricata)	цариците (caricite)
definite proximal	царицава (caricava)	царициве (caricive)
definite distal	царицана (caricana)	царицине (caricine)
vocative	царице (carice)	царици (carici)

References

• “царица” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• “царица” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)

Russian

Etymology

From царь (carʹ) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɐˈrʲit͡sə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

цари́ца • (caríca) f anim (genitive цари́цы, nominative plural цари́цы, genitive plural цари́ц, male equivalent царь, possessive adjective цари́цын)

1. female equivalent of царь (carʹ): tsarina, tsaritsa
2. empress, queen (in ancient or non-European monarchies)

   цари́ца Са́вская ― caríca Sávskaja ― Queen of Sheba

3. (entomology) queen

Declension

Declension of цари́ца (anim fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	цари́ца caríca	цари́цы carícy
genitive	цари́цы carícy	цари́ц caríc
dative	цари́це caríce	цари́цам carícam
accusative	цари́цу carícu	цари́ц caríc
instrumental	цари́цей, цари́цею carícej, caríceju	цари́цами carícami
prepositional	цари́це caríce	цари́цах carícax

Pre-reform declension of цари́ца (anim fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	цари́ца caríca	цари́цы carícy
genitive	цари́цы carícy	цари́цъ caríc
dative	цари́цѣ carícě	цари́цамъ carícam
accusative	цари́цу carícu	цари́цъ caríc
instrumental	цари́цей, цари́цею carícej, caríceju	цари́цами carícami
prepositional	цари́цѣ carícě	цари́цахъ carícax

Related terms

• царь (carʹ), царе́вна (carévna), царе́вич (carévič), ца́рство (cárstvo), царение (carenije)
• ца́рский (cárskij), ца́рственный (cárstvennyj)
• цари́ть (carítʹ), ца́рствовать (cárstvovatʹ)
• царски (carski)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sârit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ца‧ри‧ца

Noun

ца̏рица f (Latin spelling cȁrica)

1. czarina, tsarina
2. empress

Declension

Declension of царица

	singular	plural
nominative	царица	царице
genitive	царице	царица
dative	царици	царицама
accusative	царицу	царице
vocative	царице	царице
locative	царици	царицама
instrumental	царицом	царицама

Further reading

• “царица”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2025