šarenica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From šaren +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃarěnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ša‧re‧ni‧ca

Noun

šarènica f (Cyrillic spelling шарѐница)

1. (Croatia) iris (part of the eye)
2. multicolored rug

Declension

Declension of šarenica

	singular	plural
nominative	šarenica	šarenice
genitive	šarenice	šarenica
dative	šarenici	šarenicama
accusative	šarenicu	šarenice
vocative	šarenice / šarenico	šarenice
locative	šarenici	šarenicama
instrumental	šarenicom	šarenicama

Further reading

• “šarenica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃáːrɛnit͡sa/, /ʃarɛnìːt͡sa/

Noun

šȃrenica or šareníca f

1. iris (part of the eye)

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.	šárenica
gen. sing.	šárenice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	šárenica	šárenici	šárenice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	šárenice	šárenic	šárenic
dative (dajȃlnik)	šárenici	šárenicama	šárenicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	šárenico	šárenici	šárenice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	šárenici	šárenicah	šárenicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	šárenico	šárenicama	šárenicami

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.	šareníca
gen. sing.	šareníce
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	šareníca	šareníci	šareníce
genitive (rodȋlnik)	šareníce	šareníc	šareníc
dative (dajȃlnik)	šareníci	šarenícama	šarenícam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	šareníco	šareníci	šareníce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	šareníci	šarenícah	šarenícah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	šareníco	šarenícama	šarenícami

Further reading

• “šarenica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024