шевица

Bulgarian

шевица

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šьvica (“embroidery”); see also Proto-Slavic *šьvьcь. By surface analysis, шев (šev, “stitch”) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɛˈvit͡sɐ]
• Hyphenation: ше‧ви‧ца
• Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

шеви́ца • (ševíca) f (relational adjective шеви́чен)

1. embroidered row of colorful decorative shapes, commonly seen on Bulgarian traditional attire

Declension

Declension of шеви́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	шеви́ца ševíca	шеви́ци ševíci
definite	шеви́цата ševícata	шеви́ците ševícite

Related terms

• шев (šev)
• шива́ч (šiváč)

References

• “шевица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “шевица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010