ptica
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
ptȉca f (Cyrillic spelling пти̏ца, diminutive ptȉčica, augmentative ptičètina or ptičùrina, relational adjective ptȉčjī)
- 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 edit
Declension of ptica
Synonyms edit
- ptȉč (Kajkavian)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ptica” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *pъtica.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ptíca f
Inflection edit
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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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 edit
Further reading edit
- “ptica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran