See žica in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "East Slavic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "жи́ца"
},
"expansion": "Russian: жи́ца (žíca)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Russian: жи́ца (žíca)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "South Slavic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "жи́ца"
},
"expansion": "Bulgarian: жи́ца (žíca)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bulgarian: жи́ца (žíca)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "жица"
},
"expansion": "Macedonian: жица (žica)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Macedonian: жица (žica)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "жи̏ца",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Cyrillic script: жи̏ца",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cyrillic script: жи̏ца"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "žȉca",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Latin script: žȉca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin script: žȉca"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "žíca",
"alt": "",
"bor": "",
"der": "",
"g": "",
"pos": "",
"t": ""
},
"expansion": "Slovene: žíca",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tonal orthography"
},
"expansion": "(tonal orthography)",
"name": "i"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "žíca"
},
"expansion": "Slovene: žíca (tonal orthography)",
"name": "desc/sl-tonal"
}
],
"text": "Slovene: žíca (tonal orthography)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "West Slavic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "žičica",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Czech: žičica",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Czech: žičica"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷiH-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷiH-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*-ka"
},
"expansion": "*-ka",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "gijà",
"gloss": "thread (in warp)"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian gijà (“thread (in warp)”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "dzija",
"gloss": "thread"
},
"expansion": "Latvian dzija (“thread”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "जिया"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit जिया (jiyā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁"
},
"expansion": "Avestan 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"tr": "ǰiyā"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian [script needed] (ǰiyā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "gïau",
"gloss": "nerves, sinew"
},
"expansion": "Welsh gïau (“nerves, sinew”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "βιός",
"gloss": "bowstring"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek βιός (biós, “bowstring”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Mostly likely from Proto-Indo-European *gʷiH- + *-ka (unless contracted from an earlier *žitьca). Akin to Lithuanian gijà (“thread (in warp)”), Latvian dzija (“thread”) within Balto-Slavic and further related to Sanskrit जिया (jiyā), ज्या (jyā, “bowstring”), Avestan 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā), Old Persian [script needed] (ǰiyā), Welsh gïau (“nerves, sinew”), Ancient Greek βιός (biós, “bowstring”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "žìca",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sla-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "a",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accent-paradigm"
]
},
{
"form": "žìca",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìci",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcę̇",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcę̇",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcь",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcama",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcāmъ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcǫ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìci",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcę̇",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcējǫ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcǭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcama",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcāmī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcāsъ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìce",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "žìci",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcę̇",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "žìca",
"ap": "a"
},
"name": "sla-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Slavic",
"lang_code": "sla-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žica",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "EDSIL without passage",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ka",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "žičьka"
},
{
"tags": [
"diminutive"
],
"word": "žičica"
},
{
"english": "knurl, knot within thread",
"sense": "*žičьnъ (“wiry”)",
"word": "žičьnikъ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"thread, wire"
],
"id": "en-žica-sla-pro-noun-eC99hjrb",
"links": [
[
"thread",
"thread"
],
[
"wire",
"wire"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "to lash, to prod",
"word": "žikati"
},
{
"english": "vein, sinew, tendon",
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "žila"
},
{
"word": "žima"
},
{
"english": "strand, yarn (of hair)",
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "žiňa"
}
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Marko Snoj",
"Rick Derksen"
]
}
],
"word": "žica"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "žičьka"
},
{
"tags": [
"diminutive"
],
"word": "žičica"
},
{
"english": "knurl, knot within thread",
"sense": "*žičьnъ (“wiry”)",
"word": "žičьnikъ"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "East Slavic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "жи́ца"
},
"expansion": "Russian: жи́ца (žíca)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Russian: жи́ца (žíca)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "South Slavic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "жи́ца"
},
"expansion": "Bulgarian: жи́ца (žíca)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Bulgarian: жи́ца (žíca)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "жица"
},
"expansion": "Macedonian: жица (žica)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Macedonian: жица (žica)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Serbo-Croatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "жи̏ца",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Cyrillic script: жи̏ца",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Cyrillic script: жи̏ца"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "žȉca",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Latin script: žȉca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin script: žȉca"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "žíca",
"alt": "",
"bor": "",
"der": "",
"g": "",
"pos": "",
"t": ""
},
"expansion": "Slovene: žíca",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tonal orthography"
},
"expansion": "(tonal orthography)",
"name": "i"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "žíca"
},
"expansion": "Slovene: žíca (tonal orthography)",
"name": "desc/sl-tonal"
}
],
"text": "Slovene: žíca (tonal orthography)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "West Slavic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "žičica",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Czech: žičica",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Czech: žičica"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷiH-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷiH-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*-ka"
},
"expansion": "*-ka",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "gijà",
"gloss": "thread (in warp)"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian gijà (“thread (in warp)”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "dzija",
"gloss": "thread"
},
"expansion": "Latvian dzija (“thread”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "जिया"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit जिया (jiyā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁"
},
"expansion": "Avestan 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"tr": "ǰiyā"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian [script needed] (ǰiyā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "gïau",
"gloss": "nerves, sinew"
},
"expansion": "Welsh gïau (“nerves, sinew”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "βιός",
"gloss": "bowstring"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek βιός (biós, “bowstring”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Mostly likely from Proto-Indo-European *gʷiH- + *-ka (unless contracted from an earlier *žitьca). Akin to Lithuanian gijà (“thread (in warp)”), Latvian dzija (“thread”) within Balto-Slavic and further related to Sanskrit जिया (jiyā), ज्या (jyā, “bowstring”), Avestan 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā), Old Persian [script needed] (ǰiyā), Welsh gïau (“nerves, sinew”), Ancient Greek βιός (biós, “bowstring”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "žìca",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sla-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "a",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accent-paradigm"
]
},
{
"form": "žìca",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìci",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcę̇",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcę̇",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcь",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcama",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcāmъ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcǫ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìci",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcę̇",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcējǫ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcǭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcama",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcāmī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcāsъ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "žìce",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "žìci",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "žìcę̇",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "žìca",
"ap": "a"
},
"name": "sla-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Slavic",
"lang_code": "sla-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žica",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "to lash, to prod",
"word": "žikati"
},
{
"english": "vein, sinew, tendon",
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "žila"
},
{
"word": "žima"
},
{
"english": "strand, yarn (of hair)",
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "žiňa"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"EDSIL without passage",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
"Proto-Slavic lemmas",
"Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a",
"Proto-Slavic nouns",
"Proto-Slavic soft a-stem nouns",
"Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ka",
"Requests for native script for Old Persian terms"
],
"glosses": [
"thread, wire"
],
"links": [
[
"thread",
"thread"
],
[
"wire",
"wire"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Marko Snoj",
"Rick Derksen"
]
}
],
"word": "žica"
}
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