maternica

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mȁterica

Etymology

From mati +‎ -nica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâternit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ter‧ni‧ca

Noun

mȁternica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏терница)

1. womb, uterus

   Synonym: ȕtroba

Declension

Declension of maternica

	singular	plural
nominative	maternica	maternice
genitive	maternice	maternica
dative	maternici	maternicama
accusative	maternicu	maternice
vocative	maternice / maternico	maternice
locative	maternici	maternicama
instrumental	maternicom	maternicama

References

• “maternica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmacerɲit͡sa]

Noun

maternica f (relational adjective maternicový or materničný)

1. womb, uterus

Declension

Declension of maternica (pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	maternica	maternice
genitive	maternice	materníc
dative	maternici	materniciam
accusative	maternicu	maternice
locative	maternici	materniciach
instrumental	maternicou	maternicami

Further reading

• “maternica”, 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, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːtɛrnit͡sa/

Noun

mȃternica f

1. womb (organ in mammals)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	máternica
gen. sing.	máternice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	máternica	máternici	máternice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	máternice	máternic	máternic
dative (dajȃlnik)	máternici	máternicama	máternicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	máternico	máternici	máternice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máternici	máternicah	máternicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	máternico	máternicama	máternicami

Further reading

• “maternica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025