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): /ˈptìːtsa/
  • Tonal orthography: ptíca

Noun

ptíca f (genitive ptíce, nominative plural ptíce)

  1. bird

Declension

Synonyms

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