Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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ptȉca f (Cyrillic spelling пти̏ца, diminutive ptȉčica, augmentative ptičètina or ptičùrina, relational adjective ptȉčjī)

  1. 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

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • ptica” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pъtica.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ptíca f

  1. bird

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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

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Further reading

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  • ptica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran