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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *palica (“stick, staff”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian palica (“clapper”), Polish pałka (“club, cudgel”), Czech palice (“mallet”), Old Church Slavonic палица (palica, “stick, staff”), Russian па́лица (pálica, “club, cudgel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
palica f
- clapper (object suspended inside a bell that causes it to ring)
Declension
Polish
Etymology
From palec + -ica.
Pronunciation
Noun
palica f
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) mitten; glove (hand covering with one or more fingers)
Further reading
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “palica”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 137
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *palica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pâlit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: pa‧li‧ca
Noun
pȁlica f (Cyrillic spelling па̏лица)
- bat
- rod
- cane
Declension