žlica
See also: zlica
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lъžica, from *lъga + *-ica. First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editžlȉca f (Cyrillic spelling жли̏ца)
- (Croatia) spoon
- Synonym: (regional) kàšika
- Nož, vilica i žlica se zajedno zovu priborom za jelo. ― The knife, fork, and spoon are collectively called cutlery.
Declension
editDeclension of žlica
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žlica”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 623
Further reading
edit- “žlica” in Hrvatski jezični portal