žlica

See also: zlica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lъžica, from *lъga + *-ica. First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒlît͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: žli‧ca

Noun

žlȉca f (Cyrillic spelling жли̏ца)

  1. (Croatia) spoon
    Synonym: (regional) kàšika
    Nož, vilica i žlica se zajedno zovu priborom za jelo. ― The knife, fork, and spoon are collectively called cutlery.

Declension

Declension of žlica
singular plural
nominative žlȉca žlice
genitive žlice žlȋcā
dative žlici žlicama
accusative žlicu žlice
vocative žlico žlice
locative žlici žlicama
instrumental žlicom žlicama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žlica”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 623

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lъžica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒlìːt͡sa/

Noun

žlíca f

  1. spoon (eating utensil with spikes)

Declension

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. žlica
gen. sing. žlice
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		žlica žlici žlice
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		žlice žlic žlic
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		žlici žlicama žlicam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		žlico žlici žlice
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		žlici žlicah žlicah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		žlico žlicama žlicami

Further reading

  • “žlica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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