pivnica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pivьnica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐːʋnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: piv‧ni‧ca

Noun

pívnica f (Cyrillic spelling пи́вница)

1. beer hall

Declension

Declension of pivnica

	singular	plural
nominative	pivnica	pivnice
genitive	pivnice	pivnica
dative	pivnici	pivnicama
accusative	pivnicu	pivnice
vocative	pivnice	pivnice
locative	pivnici	pivnicama
instrumental	pivnicom	pivnicama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pivьnica. Compare Polish piwnica (“cellar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpivɲit͡sa/

Noun

pivnica f (genitive singular pivnice, nominative plural pivnice, genitive plural pivníc, declension pattern of ulica)

1. beer cellar
2. cellar

Declension

Declension of pivnica

	singular	plural
nominative	pivnica	pivnice
genitive	pivnice	pivníc
dative	pivnici	pivniciam
accusative	pivnicu	pivnice
locative	pivnici	pivniciach
instrumental	pivnicou	pivnicami

Derived terms

• pivničný
• pivnička

Further reading

• “pivnica”, 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