zimnice
Czech
Alternative forms
- zimice (dialectal)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech zimnicě, from Proto-Slavic *zimьnica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɪmɲɪt͡sɛ]
Noun
zimnice f (diminutive zimnička)
- (medicine) chills
- (with qualifier) any of several diseases that cause chills
- žlutá zimnice ― yellow fever
- bahenní zimnice ― malaria
Declension
Declension of zimnice (soft feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zimnice | zimnice |
| genitive | zimnice | zimnic |
| dative | zimnici | zimnicím |
| accusative | zimnici | zimnice |
| vocative | zimnice | zimnice |
| locative | zimnici | zimnicích |
| instrumental | zimnicí | zimnicemi |
Derived terms
- zimnička
- zimniční
- zimničný
Further reading
- “zimnice”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “zimnice”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “zimnice”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025