ulica
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ùlica. First attested in 1258.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ulʲit͡sʲa/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /ulʲit͡sʲa/
=== Noun ===
ulica f (related adjective uliczny)
(attested in Greater Poland, Lesser Poland) street (road between houses in a village)
mistranslation of the ambiguous Latin vīcus as 'street' instead of 'village'
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Polish: ulica
Silesian: ulica
=== References ===
Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “ulica”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ulica”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Polish ulica.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -it͡sa
Syllabification: u‧li‧ca
=== Noun ===
ulica f (diminutive uliczka, abbreviation ul.)
street (road between houses)
(metonymic) street (people on a street)
(colloquial, sociology) public opinion (society as an exponent of views and assessments of current political, social, and cultural life)
Synonyms: opinia publiczna, vox populi
(obsolete) crowd; urban proletariat
(obsolete) path in a park or garden
Synonym: ścieżka
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Trivia ===
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ulica is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 11 times in scientific texts, 163 times in news, 20 times in essays, 53 times in fiction, and 18 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 265 times, making it the 197th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
ulica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
ulica in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “ulica”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
“ULICA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 31.10.2018
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “ulica”, in Słownik języka polskiego
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ulica”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “ulica”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 279
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ulica.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ûlit͡sa/
Hyphenation: u‧li‧ca
Rhymes: -it͡sa
=== Noun ===
ȕlica f (Cyrillic spelling у̏лица)
street
==== Declension ====
==== See also ====
cesta
=== Further reading ===
“ulica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Silesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Polish ulica.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /uˈli.t͡sa/
Rhymes: -it͡sa
Syllabification: u‧li‧ca
=== Noun ===
ulica f (diminutive uliczka, related adjective uliczny)
street
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
ulica in silling.org
== Slovak ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ulica.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /uʎit͡sa/, (high register) [ˈuʎit͡sa], (common) [ˈulit͡sa]
Rhymes: -it͡sa
Hyphenation: u‧li‧ca
=== Noun ===
ulica f (relational adjective uličný, diminutive ulička or uličôčka)
street
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
pouličný
uličník
=== Further reading ===
“ulica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
== Slovene ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ulica. First attested in the 16th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ùːlit͡sa/
=== Noun ===
úlica f
street
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“ulica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026