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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
pero + -ica - "an item that holds a pen"
Noun
pérnica f (Cyrillic spelling пе́рница)
- pencil box, pencil case
Etymology 2
perje + -ica - "an item stuffed with feathers"
Noun
pérnica f (Cyrillic spelling пе́рница)
- (regional) pillow
- Synonyms: jàstuk; pòdglāvlje; poduška; ùzglavak, ùzglāvlje, ùzglāvnica
Synonyms
Further reading
- “pernica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024