prepelica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perpelъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prêpelit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧pe‧li‧ca

Noun

prȅpelica f (Cyrillic spelling пре̏пелица)

  1. quail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)

Declension

Declension of prepelica
singular plural
nominative prepelica prepelice
genitive prepelice prepelica
dative prepelici prepelicama
accusative prepelicu prepelice
vocative prepelice prepelice
locative prepelici prepelicama
instrumental prepelicom prepelicama

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perpelъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprepeʎit͡sa]

Noun

prepelíca f

  1. quail (any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)

Further reading

  • prepelica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perpelъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɛpɛlìːt͡sa/

Noun

prepelíca f

  1. quail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. prepelíca
gen. sing. prepelíce
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
prepelíca prepelíci prepelíce
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
prepelíce prepelíc prepelíc
dative
(dajȃlnik)
prepelíci prepelícama prepelícam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
prepelíco prepelíci prepelíce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
prepelíci prepelícah prepelícah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
prepelíco prepelícama prepelícami

Further reading

  • prepelica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • prepelica”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references