патка

See also: пятка

Bulgarian

Etymology

More commonly па́тица (pática), there also occurring пато́к (patók, male duck), dialectally пат (pat). A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpatkɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

па́тка • (pátkaf (masculine пато́к)

  1. female equivalent of пато́к (patók): duck (usually a female one)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) у́тка (útka), (obsolete) пу́тка (pútka), (dialectal) ша́тка (šátka), (dialectal, colloquial) улюля́йка (uljuljájka)
  2. (figuratively, offensive, derogatory) fool, gull

Declension

Declension of па́тка
singular plural
indefinite па́тка
pátka
па́тки
pátki
definite па́тката
pátkata
па́тките
pátkite
vocative form па́тко
pátko
па́тки
pátki
  • па́те (páte, duckling)
  • па́тър (pátǎr, fowl) (dialectal)

Descendants

  • Aromanian: pátcã
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاتقه (patka)

References

  • патка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • патка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpatka]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: пат‧ка
  • Rhymes: -atka

Etymology 1

A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Noun

патка • (patkaf (plural патки, masculine патор, diminutive пајче)

  1. (female) duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
    Synonym: шатка f (šatka)
Declension
Declension of патка
singular plural
indefinite патка (patka) патки (patki)
definite unspecified патката (patkata) патките (patkite)
definite proximal паткава (patkava) паткиве (patkive)
definite distal паткана (patkana) паткине (patkine)
vocative патко (patko) патки (patki)
Alternative forms

See also

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

патка • (patka) third-singular presentimpf

  1. (intransitive, childish) to walk
Conjugation
Conjugation of патка (imperfective, present in )
l-participles imperfect aorist non-finite forms
masculine паткал (patkal) adjectival participle
feminine паткала (patkala) adverbial participle паткајќи (patkajḱi)
neuter паткало (patkalo) verbal noun паткање (patkanje)
plural паткале (patkale) perfect participle паткано (patkano)
finite forms present imperfect aorist imperative
1st singular паткам (patkam) паткав (patkav)
2nd singular паткаш (patkaš) паткаше (patkaše) паткај (patkaj)
3rd singular патка (patka) паткаше (patkaše)
1st plural паткаме (patkame) паткавме (patkavme)
2nd plural паткате (patkate) паткавте (patkavte) паткајте (patkajte)
3rd plural паткаат (patkaat) паткаа (patkaa)
compound tenses
perfect сум паткал (sum patkal) present of сум (except in the 3rd person) +
imperfect l-participle
има-perfect имам паткано (imam patkano) present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect бев паткал (bev patkal) imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect имав паткано (imav patkano) imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported сум имал паткано (sum imal patkano) perfect of има + perfect participle
future ќе паткам (ḱe patkam) ќе + present
има-future ќе имам паткано (ḱe imam patkano) future of има + perfect participle
future in the past ќе паткав (ḱe patkav) ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past ќе имав паткано (ḱe imav patkano) future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported ќе сум паткал (ḱe sum patkal) ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported ќе сум имал паткано (ḱe sum imal patkano) future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional би паткал (bi patkal) би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional би имал паткано (bi imal patkano) conditional of има + perfect participle

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâtka/
  • Hyphenation: пат‧ка

Noun

па̏тка f (Latin spelling pȁtka)

  1. duck (female)

Declension

Declension of патка
singular plural
nominative па̏тка патке
genitive патке па̏та̄ка̄ / па̏ткӣ
dative патки паткама
accusative патку патке
vocative патко патке
locative патки паткама
instrumental патком паткама

References

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