болница

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Denominal from dialectal бо́ля (bólja, pain, disease) + -ница (-nica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔɫnit͡sɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

бо́лница • (bólnica) f (relational adjective бо́лничен)

  1. hospital
Declension

Etymology 2

Deverbal from боля́ (boljá, to hurt, to cause pain) + -ница (-nica)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [boɫˈnit͡sɐ]

Noun

болни́ца • (bolníca) f (masculine болни́к)

  1. (archaic) female equivalent of болни́к (bolník): sick woman
Declension

References

  • болница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • болница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔɫnit͡sa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

болница • (bolnica) f (plural болници, relational adjective болнички)

  1. hospital

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

бол (pain) + -ница (place).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǒːlnit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: бол‧ни‧ца
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

бо́лница f (Latin spelling bólnica)

  1. hospital

Declension

Further reading

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