патка

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See also: пятка

Bulgarian

па́ткаAnas platyrhynchos

Etymology

More commonly па́тица (pática), there also occurring пато́к (patók, male duck), dialectally пат (pat). A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

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Noun

па́тка (pátkaf (masculine пато́к)

  1. female equivalent of пато́к (patók): duck (usually a female one)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) у́тка (útka), (obsolete) пу́тка (pútka), (dialectal) ша́тка (šátka), (dialectal, colloquial) улюля́йка (uljuljájka)
  2. (figuratively, offensive, derogatory) fool, gull

Declension

Descendants

  • Aromanian: pátcã
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاتقه (patka)

References

  • патка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • патка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

патка

A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Noun

патка (patkaf (plural патки, masculine патор, diminutive пајче)

  1. (female) duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
    Synonym: шатка f (šatka)
Declension
Declension of патка
singular plural
indefinite патка (patka) патки (patki)
definite unspecified патката (patkata) патките (patkite)
definite proximal паткава (patkava) паткиве (patkive)
definite distal паткана (patkana) паткине (patkine)
vocative патко (patko) патки (patki)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

патка (patka) third-singular presentimpf

  1. (intransitive, childish) to walk
Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâtka/
  • Hyphenation: пат‧ка

Noun

па̏тка f (Latin spelling pȁtka)

  1. duck (female)

Declension

References

  • патка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025