милиция

See also: міліція

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish milicja (“militia”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈlʲit͡sɨjə]
  • милиция(file)

Noun

мили́ция • (milícija) f inan (genitive мили́ции, nominative plural мили́ции, genitive plural мили́ций, relational adjective милице́йский)

  1. police, militsia (during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states)
  2. (historical) militia (in the Russian Empire)

Usage notes
  • In the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states, as well as in some post-Soviet successor states (until 2011 in Russia), the police was known as мили́ция (milícija). As a result, during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, the term поли́ция (polícija) referred mainly to foreign (Western Bloc) or pre-revolutionary police forces.

Declension
Declension of мили́ция (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative мили́ция
milícija		 мили́ции
milícii
genitive мили́ции
milícii		 мили́ций
milícij
dative мили́ции
milícii		 мили́циям
milícijam
accusative мили́цию
milíciju		 мили́ции
milícii
instrumental мили́цией, мили́циею
milícijej, milícijeju		 мили́циями
milícijami
prepositional мили́ции
milícii		 мили́циях
milícijax

Descendants
  • → Armenian: միլիցիա (milicʿia)
  • → English: militsia
  • → Romanian: miliție
  • → Kildin Sami: милиция (milicija)
  • → Uzbek: militsiya
  • → Estonian: miilits

See also
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