matica

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâtitsa/
• 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

Declension of matica

	singular	plural
nominative	matica	matice
genitive	matice	matica
dative	matici	maticama
accusative	maticu	matice
vocative	matice / matico	matice
locative	matici	maticama
instrumental	maticom	maticama

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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

Declension of matica

	singular	plural
nominative	matica	matice
genitive	matice	matíc
dative	matici	maticiam
accusative	maticu	matice
locative	matici	maticiach
instrumental	maticou	maticami

Related terms

• 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

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːtit͡sa/

Noun

mȃtica f

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

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	mática
gen. sing.	mátice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mática	mátici	mátice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mátice	mátic	mátic
dative (dajȃlnik)	mátici	máticama	máticam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mático	mátici	mátice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mátici	máticah	máticah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mático	máticama	máticami