vuci

See also: vuċi, vući, and vůči

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vuci

nominative/vocative plural of vuk

Verb

vuci (Cyrillic spelling вуци)

second-person singular imperative of vući
(on a door handle) pull
Antonym: guraj (“to push”)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

'uci (apheretic)
uci (eye dialect)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vōx, vōcem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ʃi/, [ˈvu.ʃɪ], [ˈu.ʃɪ]
Hyphenation: vù‧ci

Noun

vuci f (plural vuci)

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
Synonyms: cantu, cuntu

A vuci umana è u cchiù anticu strummentu musicali dâ storia.
The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.

Àvi na vuci duci.
She has a pleasant voice.

A so' 'uci vascia ci pirmisi di 'ddivintari u vasciu dû coru.H
is low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.
(phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
The tone or sound emitted by an object
Synonyms: scrusciu, sonu
The faculty or power of utterance
Synonym: u cuntari
That which is communicated; message; meaning.
Synonyms: cantu, cuntu
(figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
Synonyms: cuntu, pinzeri
(literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
U sistema virbali dû latinu àvi du' vuci, attiva e passiva.
The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.
(music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
U tema di stu pezzu passa sempri pî so' tri vuci.
The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.

Derived terms

Related terms

vucca