orjašica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From orìjāš (“giant”) +‎ -ica, apparently for the size of some species like Tordylium maximum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /orjǎʃit͡sa/
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

orjàšica f (Cyrillic spelling орја̀шица)

1. hartwort (Tordylium spp., particularly Tordylium maximum)

Declension

Declension of orjašica

	singular	plural
nominative	orjàšica	orjàšice
genitive	orjàšice	orjàšicā
dative	orjàšici	orjàšicama
accusative	orjàšicu	orjàšice
vocative	orjàšice	orjàšice
locative	orjàšici	orjàšicama
instrumental	orjàšicom	orjàšicama

References

• “orjašica” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “orjašica”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 4, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1971, published 1990, page 188