милиция

See also: міліція

Romanian

Noun

милиция (miliția) f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of милицие (miliție) Cyrillic spelling of miliția.

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish milicja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪˈlʲit͡sɨjə]

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Noun

мили́ция • (milícija) f inan (genitive мили́ции, nominative plural мили́ции, genitive plural мили́ций, relational adjective милице́йский)

1. police, militsia (during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states)
2. (historical) militia (in the Russian Empire)

Usage notes

• In the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states, as well as in some post-Soviet successor states (until 2011 in Russia), the police was known as мили́ция (milícija). As a result, during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, the term поли́ция (polícija) referred mainly to foreign (Western Bloc) or pre-revolutionary police forces.

Declension

Declension of мили́ция (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мили́ция milícija	мили́ции milícii
genitive	мили́ции milícii	мили́ций milícij
dative	мили́ции milícii	мили́циям milícijam
accusative	мили́цию milíciju	мили́ции milícii
instrumental	мили́цией, мили́циею milícijej, milícijeju	мили́циями milícijami
prepositional	мили́ции milícii	мили́циях milícijax

Related terms

• милиционе́р (milicionér)

Descendants

• → Armenian: միլիցիա (milicʻia)
• → Azerbaijani: milis
• → English: militsia
• → Estonian: miilits
• → Georgian: მილიცია (milicia)
• → Kildin Sami: милиция (milicija)
• → Romanian: miliție
• → Uzbek: militsiya

See also

• поли́ция (polícija)