prepelica
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perpelъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
prȅpelica f (Cyrillic spelling пре̏пелица)
- quail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)
Declension
Declension of prepelica
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prepelica | prepelice |
| genitive | prepelice | prepelica |
| dative | prepelici | prepelicama |
| accusative | prepelicu | prepelice |
| vocative | prepelice | prepelice |
| locative | prepelici | prepelicama |
| instrumental | prepelicom | prepelicama |
Further reading
- “prepelica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perpelъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
prepelíca f
- quail (any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)
Further reading
- “prepelica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perpelъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
prepelíca f
- quail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | prepelíca | ||
| gen. sing. | prepelíce | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
prepelíca | prepelíci | prepelíce |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
prepelíce | prepelíc | prepelíc |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
prepelíci | prepelícama | prepelícam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
prepelíco | prepelíci | prepelíce |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
prepelíci | prepelícah | prepelícah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
prepelíco | prepelícama | prepelícami |
Further reading
- “prepelica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “prepelica”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references