птица

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See also: птиця

Bulgarian

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Разновидие от птици

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic пътица (pŭtica), from Proto-Slavic *pъtica; equivalent to Proto-Slavic *pъta (bird) +‎ -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

пти́ца (ptícaf (relational adjective пти́чи)

  1. bird, fowl

Declension

Declension of пти́ца
singular plural
indefinite пти́ца
ptíca
пти́ци
ptíci
definite пти́цата
ptícata
пти́ците
ptícite
vocative form пти́цо
ptíco
пти́ци
ptíci

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

Declension

Declension of птица
singular plural
indefinite птица (ptica) птици (ptici)
definite unspecified птицата (pticata) птиците (pticite)
definite proximal птицава (pticava) птициве (pticive)
definite distal птицана (pticana) птицине (pticine)
vocative птицо (ptico) птици (ptici)

Derived terms

References

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

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian птица / ptica or Carpathian Rusyn пти́ця (ptýcja), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pъtica. Displaced птах (ptax).

Pronunciation

Noun

птица (pticaf (diminutive птичка, augmentative птичиска, related adjective птицов or птичи)

  1. bird
    Synonyms: (obsolete) птах (ptax), (poetic) пташина (ptašina)
    птица шпивачкаptica špivačkasongbird

Declension

Declension of птица
singular plural
nominative птица (ptica) птици (ptici)
genitive птици (ptici) птицох (pticox)
dative птици (ptici) птицом (pticom)
accusative птицу (pticu) птици (ptici)
instrumental птицу (pticu) птицами (pticami)
locative птици (ptici) птицох (pticox)
vocative птицо (ptico) птици (ptici)
nouns

References

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), пичу́га (pičúga)
    водопла́вающая пти́цаvodoplávajuščaja ptícawaterfowl
    дома́шняя пти́цаdomášnjaja ptícapoultry, fowl
    пе́вчая пти́цаpévčaja ptícasongbird
    перелётная пти́цаpereljótnaja ptícamigratory bird

Declension

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Phrases
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Borrowed

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. (1999) “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
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “птица”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “птица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • 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
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “птица”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 242

Further reading

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.

Pronunciation

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.

Declension

Declension of птица
singular plural
nominative пти̏ца птице
genitive птице пти̑ца̄
dative птици птицама
accusative птицу птице
vocative птицо птице
locative птици птицама
instrumental птицом птицама

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Derived terms

References

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