птица

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Bulgarian

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Разновидие от птици

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pъtica; equivalent to Proto-Slavic *pъta (bird) +‎ -ица (-ica).

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  • Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

пти́ца (ptícaf (relational adjective пти́чи)

  1. bird, fowl

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References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъtica.

Pronunciation

Noun

птица (pticaf (relational adjective птичји, diminutive птичка or птиче, augmentative птичиште)

  1. bird

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References

  • птица in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъtica. Beware false cognate Greek πτηνό (ptinó, bird) and related forms in all languages from Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, to fly), which is from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (whence also Proto-Slavic *però and true Slavic cognates of the Greek word, like Russian перо́ (peró, feather)).

Pronunciation

Noun

пти́ца (ptícaf anim (genitive пти́цы, nominative plural пти́цы, genitive plural птиц, masculine птиц, relational adjective пти́чий, diminutive пти́чка, augmentative пти́чище)

  1. bird
    Synonyms: птах (ptax), пта́ха (ptáxa), (diminutive) пти́чка (ptíčka), (diminutive) пта́шка (ptáška)
    дома́шняя пти́цаdomášnjaja ptícapoultry, fowl
    пе́вчая пти́цаpévčaja ptícasongbird
    перелётная пти́цаpereljótnaja ptícamigratory bird

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “птица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “птица”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “птица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 340

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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.

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Noun

пти̏ца f (Latin spelling ptȉca, diminutive пти̏чица, augmentative птичѐтина or птичу̀рина, relational adjective пти̏чјӣ)

  1. bird
    Она има само једну птицу.She has only one bird.
    • 2003, “Птице у градовима мењају песму”, in BBC Njuz:
      Свака птица је имала репертоар од три до девет различитих песама.
      Each bird had a repertoire of three to nine different songs.

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References

  • птица”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024