radnica

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti

Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *rēdaz

Proto-West Germanic *rād

Old High German rāt

Middle High German râtbor.

Old Czech rada

Czech rada

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas

Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ

Proto-Indo-European *-eykos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-eikas

Proto-Slavic *-ikъ

Proto-Slavic *-ьnikъ

Old Czech -ník

Czech -ník

Czech -ice

Czech -nice

Czech radnicebor.

Kashubian radnica

Borrowed from Czech radnice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /radˈɲi.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: rad‧ni‧ca

Noun

radnica f

1. (neologism) town hall, city hall

   Synonym: rôtësz

Derived terms

noun

• radnélc

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “ratusz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “ratusz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “radnica”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From rȃd +‎ -nica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râːdnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: rad‧ni‧ca

Noun

rȃdnica f (Cyrillic spelling ра̑дница, male equivalent rȃdnīk)

1. worker (female)
2. employee (female)

Declension

Declension of radnica

	singular	plural
nominative	rȃdnica	rȃdnice
genitive	rȃdnicē	rȃdnīcā
dative	rȃdnici	rȃdnicama
accusative	rȃdnicu	rȃdnice
vocative	rȃdnice	rȃdnice
locative	rȃdnici	rȃdnicama
instrumental	rȃdnicōm	rȃdnicama

References

• “radnica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From rada + -nica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀadnit͡sa/
• Rhymes: -adnit͡sa
• Hyphenation: ra‧d‧ni‧ca
• Syllabification: rad‧ni‧ca

Noun

radnica f (relational adjective radnicowy or radnicyny)

1. city hall, town hall

   Synonym: (obsolete) radna chěža

Declension

Declension of radnica (feminine hard hissing stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	radnica	radnicy	radnicy
genitive	radnicy	radnicow	radnicow
dative	radnicy	radnicomaj	radnicam
accusative	radnicu	radnicy	radnicy
instrumental	radnicu	radnicomaj	radnicami
locative	radnicy	radnicomaj	radnicach
vocative	radnica	radnicy	radnicy

References

• “radnica” in Soblex
• “radnica”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
• Křesćan Pful, editor (1866), “radnica”, in Łužiski serbski słownik / Lausitzisch Wendisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), Budyšin: Maćica Serbska, page 578