# седмица
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic седмица (sedmica), from Proto-Slavic *sedmica. Equivalent to се́дем (sédem) +‎ -ица (-ica).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛdmit͡sɐ]

#### Noun

се́дмица • (sédmica) f
* week

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

се́дем (sédem) +‎ -и́ца (-íca)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛdˈmit͡sɐ]

#### Noun

седми́ца • (sedmíca) f
* the figure seven
* card bearing seven pips

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “седмица”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 200
* Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сѐдмица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 584

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedmica. Equivalent to седум (sedum) +‎ -ица (-ica).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛdmit͡sa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -it͡sa

### Noun

седмица • (sedmica) f
* seven (the name of the numeral)
* week

#### Usage notes

* This word is very rarely used in the sense of "week", as it sounds very bookish. Instead, the more colloquial "недела" is preferred.

#### See also

Playing cards in Macedonian · ка́рти за и́грање (kárti za ígranje) (layout · text) :
| ас (as), кец (kec) | дво́јка (dvójka) | тро́јка (trójka) | че́творка (čétvorka) | пе́тка (pétka) | ше́стка (šéstka) | се́думка (sédumka), се́дмица (sédmica) |
| о́сумка (ósumka), о́смица (ósmica) | де́ветка (dévetka) | де́сетка (désetka) | џа́ндар (džándar) | кра́лица (králica), да́ма (dáma) | крал (kral) | џо́кер (džóker) |

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* седьми́ца (sedʹmíca)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedmica. Compare Bulgarian се́дмица (sédmica).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʲɪdˈmʲit͡sə]

### Noun

седми́ца • (sedmíca) f inan (genitive седми́цы, nominative plural седми́цы, genitive plural седми́ц)
* (obsolete) week
    Synonym: неде́ля (nedélja)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Dal, Vladimir (1909) “седмерица”, in Толковый Словарь живого великорусскаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 4, товарищество М. О. Вольфъ, page 116

### Further reading

* Bogatova, G. A., editor (2000), “седмица”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 24 (се – скорый), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 27
* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “седмица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “неде́ля”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 566

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedmica. Equivalent to се̏дам +‎ -ица.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sědmit͡sa/
* Hyphenation: сед‧ми‧ца
* Rhymes: -it͡sa

### Noun

сѐдмица f (Latin spelling sèdmica)
* week
    Synonym: (Croatian) тје̏дан
* seven (digit or figure)
* anything numbered seven (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 7 etc.)

#### Synonyms

* (week):: недеља / недјеља

#### See also

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · играће карте (layout · text) :
| ас, кец | двојка, двица | тројка, трица | четворка, четвртица | петица | шестица | седмица |
| осмица | деветка, деветица | десетка, десетица | дечко, пуб, жандар, фант | краљица, дама | краљ | џокер |

### Further reading

* “седмица”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025