policija

policija f (4th declension)

1. police (security organ of a state)

   policijas iecirknis ― police station

   dienēt policijā ― to serve in the police

   policijas priekšnieks ― police chief

   drošības policija ― security police

   politiskā policija ― political police

   kriminālā policija, kriminālpolicija ― criminal police

   slepenā policija, slepenpolicija ― secret police

   policijas stunda ― curfew (lit. police hour)

2. (collective) police (people who work in this security organ)

   Ieradās policija. ― The police arrived.

3. police station (building where the police works)

   ierasties policijā ― to come to the police

   Viņš mani pavadīja uz policiju. ― He accompanied me to the police.

• kriminālpolicija, kriminālā policija
• policijas stunda
• slepenpolicija, slepenā policija

Borrowed from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā), via Polish policja.

• IPA^(key): /poːˈlʲɪt͡sʲɪjɐ/

polìcija f (plural polìcijos) stress pattern 1

1. police (an administrative institution to maintain public security and order)
2. police station (the building where this institution works)
3. (collectively) police officers (the people who work in this institution)

• policijantas
• policininkas
• policinis

• “policija”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
• “policija”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
• Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch‎, volume I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

• IPA^(key): /polǐt͡sija/
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ci‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

polìcija f (Cyrillic spelling полѝција)

1. police

• (police): mìlīcija (mostly historical)

Borrowed from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā), compare German Polizei, Italian polizia.

• IPA^(key): /pɔlit͡síːja/

policȋja f

1. police

• “policija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran