lvice

See also: lvíče, lvíčě, and lvicě

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Czech lev

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ī́ˀ

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ī́ˀkāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ica

Old Czech -icě

Old Czech lvicě

Czech lvice

Inherited from Old Czech lvicě. By surface analysis, lev (“lion”) + -ice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlvɪt͡sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtsɛ
• Hyphenation: lvi‧ce

Noun

lvice f

1. lioness (female lion)

Declension

Declension of lvice (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	lvice	lvice
genitive	lvice	lvic
dative	lvici	lvicím
accusative	lvici	lvice
vocative	lvice	lvice
locative	lvici	lvicích
instrumental	lvicí	lvicemi

Related terms

• lev m anim
• lví
• lvíče n
• lvíček m anim

Further reading

• “lvice”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lvice”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lvice”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026