ratica

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Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ratь + -ica. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ratica f (related adjective raticový, diminutive ratička)

  1. cloven hoof

Declension

Declension of ratica (pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativeraticaratice
genitiveraticeratíc
dativeraticiraticiam
accusativeraticuratice
locativeraticiraticiach
instrumentalraticouraticami

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “ratica”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 492

Further reading

  • “ratica”, 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, 2003–2024
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