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samica

самица

sàmica · /sǎmit͡sa/ · fem.

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NOUN
  1. (in prison) solitary confinement cell; solitary
    Zbog tuče su ga prebacili u samicu. — They moved him to solitary for fighting.
  2. (in a dorm, hospital) single room
    U domu sam dobio sobu samicu. — I got a single room in the dorm.
  3. dated single woman
    U selu je živela stara samica koju su svi poštovali. — An old single woman whom everyone respected lived in the village.

In the sense "single woman" the word is rare and sounds literary or folksy; people usually say žena koja živi sama or neudata žena.

Declension, fem.
singularplural
Nom.samicasamice
Gen.samicesamica
Dat.samicisamicama
Acc.samicusamice
Voc.samicesamice
Ins.samicomsamicama
Loc.samicisamicama
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