sinica

See also: Sinica, sínica, sinicą, and Sinicą

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.nɪ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.ni.ka]

Adjective

sinica

1. inflection of sinicus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.nɪ.kaː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.ni.ka]

Adjective

sinicā

1. ablative feminine singular of sinicus

Polish

sinica sense 1

sinica sense 2

sinica sense 3

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *siňь

Polish siny

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas

Proto-Slavic *-ica

Old Polish -ica

Polish -ica

Polish sinica

From siny + -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕiˈɲi.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: si‧ni‧ca
• Homophone: Sinica

Noun

sinica f

2. (countable) cyanobacterium, blue-green alga (any bacterium of the phylum Cyanobacteria)

   Synonyms: cyjanobakteria, cyjanofit

   Hypernym: bakteria

4. (countable) any grasshopper of the genus Aiolopus
6. (uncountable, pathology) cyanosis (blue discoloration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen)

   Synonym: cyjanoza

Declension

Declension of sinica

	singular	plural
nominative	sinica	sinice
genitive	sinicy	sinic
dative	sinicy	sinicom
accusative	sinicę	sinice
instrumental	sinicą	sinicami
locative	sinicy	sinicach
vocative	sinico	sinice

Related terms

adjectives

• siny

adverbs

• sino

nouns

• siniak
• siniec
• siność

Further reading

• “sinica”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sinica”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• sinica in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sinica. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinìːt͡sa/

Noun

siníca f

1. tit (bird)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	siníca
gen. sing.	siníce
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	siníca	siníci	siníce
genitive (rodȋlnik)	siníce	siníc	siníc
dative (dajȃlnik)	siníci	sinícama	sinícam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	siníco	siníci	siníce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	siníci	sinícah	sinícah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	siníco	sinícama	sinícami

Further reading

• “sinica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “sinica”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references