ptica
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pъtica, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”). Cognate with English feather, pen, Ancient Greek πέτομαι, πτέρυξ (whence pterodactyl, archæopteryx, Greek φτερό, πτηνό), Latin petō.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ptîtsa/
- Hyphenation: pti‧ca
Noun
ptȉca f (Cyrillic spelling пти̏ца)
Declension
declension of ptica
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ptȉca | ptice |
| genitive | ptice | ptȋcā |
| dative | ptici | pticama |
| accusative | pticu | ptice |
| vocative | ptico | ptice |
| locative | ptici | pticama |
| instrumental | pticom | pticama |