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убивця

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *ubьjьca. By surface analysis, уби́ти (ubýty, to kill) +‎ ця (cja).

Compare Bulgarian уби́йца (ubíjca), Macedonian убица (ubica), Old Church Slavonic убиїца (ubiica), Russian уби́йца (ubíjca), and Serbo-Croatian убица.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊˈbɪu̯t͡sʲɐ]
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Noun

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уби́вця (ubývcjam pers (genitive уби́вці, nominative plural уби́вці, genitive plural уби́вць)

  1. a murderer
    Synonyms: різу́н (rizún), головорі́з (holovoríz), горлорі́з (horloríz)
  2. an assassin
  3. a butcher

Declension

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Further reading

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