ptica
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъtica, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”). Cognate with English feather, pen, Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai), πτέρυξ (ptérux) (whence pterodactyl, archæopteryx, Greek φτερό (fteró), πτηνό (ptinó)), Latin petō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ptît͡sa/
- Hyphenation: pti‧ca
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
Noun
ptȉca f (Cyrillic spelling пти̏ца, relational adjective ptȉčjī, diminutive ptȉčica, augmentative ptičètina or ptičùrina)
- bird
- Ona ima samo jednu pticu. ― She has only one bird.
- 2003, “Ptice u gradovima menjaju pesmu”, in BBC Njuz[1]:
- Svaka ptica je imala repertoar od tri do devet različitih pesama.
- Each bird had a repertoire of three to nine different songs.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ptȉca | ptice |
| genitive | ptice | ptȋcā |
| dative | ptici | pticama |
| accusative | pticu | ptice |
| vocative | ptico | ptice |
| locative | ptici | pticama |
| instrumental | pticom | pticama |
Synonyms
- ptȉč (Kajkavian)
Derived terms
References
- “ptica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъtica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ptìːt͡sa/
Noun
ptíca f
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | ptíca | ||
| gen. sing. | ptíce | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
ptíca | ptíci | ptíce |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
ptíce | ptíc | ptíc |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
ptíci | ptícama | ptícam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
ptíco | ptíci | ptíce |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
ptíci | ptícah | ptícah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
ptíco | ptícama | ptícami |
Synonyms
Further reading
- “ptica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025