petica

See also: petică and Petică

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From pet +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pětit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ti‧ca
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

pètica f (Cyrillic spelling пѐтица)

  1. five (digit or figure)
  2. anything numbered five (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 5 etc.)
  3. the grade '5' in schools
Declension
Declension of petica
singular plural
nominative petica petice
genitive petice petica
dative petici peticama
accusative peticu petice
vocative petice / petico petice
locative petici peticama
instrumental peticom peticama

See also

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
as, kec dvojka, dvica trojka, trica četvorka, četvrtica petica šestica sedmica
osmica devetka, devetica desetka, desetica dečko, pub, žandar, fant kraljica, dama kralj džoker

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From peta +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pěːtit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ti‧ca

Noun

pética f (Cyrillic spelling пе́тица)

  1. diminutive of peta (heel)
Declension
Declension of petica
singular plural
nominative petica petice
genitive petice petica
dative petici peticama
accusative peticu petice
vocative petice / petico petice
locative petici peticama
instrumental peticom peticama

Further reading

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