veverica

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vjȅverica (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věverica (“squirrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêʋerit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ve‧ri‧ca

Noun

vȅverica f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏верица)

1. squirrel

Declension

Declension of veverica

	singular	plural
nominative	veverica	veverice
genitive	veverice	veverica
dative	veverici	vevericama
accusative	vevericu	veverice
vocative	veverice	veverice
locative	veverici	vevericama
instrumental	vevericom	vevericama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věverica (“squirrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛvɛrit͡sa/

Noun

veverica f (genitive singular veverice, nominative plural veverice, genitive plural veveríc, declension pattern of ulica)

1. squirrel

Declension

Declension of veverica

	singular	plural
nominative	veverica	veverice
genitive	veverice	veveríc
dative	veverici	vevericiam
accusative	vevericu	veverice
locative	veverici	vevericiach
instrumental	vevericou	vevericami

Derived terms

• veveričí
• veverička f

References

• “veverica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Veverica

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věverica (“squirrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋèːʋɛrit͡sa/

Noun

vẹ́verica f

1. squirrel

Inflection

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.	véverica
gen. sing.	véverice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	véverica	véverici	véverice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	véverice	véveric	véveric
dative (dajȃlnik)	véverici	vévericama	vévericam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	véverico	véverici	véverice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	véverici	vévericah	vévericah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	véverico	vévericama	vévericami

Further reading

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