ниц

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ниць (nicĭ), from Proto-Slavic *nĩcь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nʲit͡s]

Adverb

ниц • (nic)

  1. (dated, stilted or literary) prone, face down
    пасть ниц ― pastʹ nic ― to fall prone
    • 1831, Александр Пушкин, “Красная плошадь”, in Борис Годунов; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Boris Godunov, 2023:
      Неумолим! Он от себя прогнал
      Святителей, бояр и патриарха.
      Они пред ним напрасно пали ниц;
      Его страшит сияние престола.
      Neumolim! On ot sebja prognal
      Svjatitelej, bojar i patriarxa.
      Oni pred nim naprasno pali nic;
      Jevo strašit sijanije prestola.
      He is implacable! He drove away
      The bishops, the boyars, and the patriarch.
      In vain did they prostrate themselves before him;
      He cannot bear the glory of the throne.
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