pernica

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

pero +‎ -ica - "an item that holds a pen"

Noun

pérnica f (Cyrillic spelling пе́рница)

  1. pencil box, pencil case

Etymology 2

perje +‎ -ica - "an item stuffed with feathers"

Alternative forms

Noun

pérnica f (Cyrillic spelling пе́рница)

  1. (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