samica
самицаsàmica · /sǎmit͡sa/ · fem.
NOUN
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(in prison) solitary confinement cell; solitaryZbog tuče su ga prebacili u samicu. — They moved him to solitary for fighting.
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(in a dorm, hospital) single roomU domu sam dobio sobu samicu. — I got a single room in the dorm.
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dated single womanU 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.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | samica | samice |
| Gen. | samice | samica |
| Dat. | samici | samicama |
| Acc. | samicu | samice |
| Voc. | samice | samice |
| Ins. | samicom | samicama |
| Loc. | samici | samicama |
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Updated 29 October 2026