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)

1. (medicine) chills
2. (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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʑimˈɲi.t͡sɛ/
• Rhymes: -it͡sɛ
• Syllabification: zim‧ni‧ce

Noun

zimnice

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of zimnica