ptica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pъtica, 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

  • IPA(key): /ptîtsa/
  • Hyphenation: pti‧ca

Noun

ptȉca f (Cyrillic spelling пти̏ца)

  1. bird

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pъtica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ptìːt͡sa/

Noun

ptíca f

  1. bird

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. ptíca
gen. sing. ptíce
singular dual plural
nominative ptíca ptíci ptíce
accusative ptíco ptíci ptíce
genitive ptíce ptíc ptíc
dative ptíci ptícama ptícam
locative ptíci ptícah ptícah
instrumental ptíco ptícama ptícami

Synonyms

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