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птица

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See also: птиця

Bulgarian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic пътица (pŭtica), from Proto-Slavic *pъtica; equivalent to Proto-Slavic *pъta (bird) + -ица (-ica).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈptit͡sɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡sɐ

Noun

пти́ца (ptíca) f (relational adjective пти́чи)

  1. bird, fowl

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • птица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • птица”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъtica.

Pronunciation

Noun

птица (ptica) f (relational adjective птичји, diminutive птичка or птиче, augmentative птичиште)

  1. bird

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

References

  • птица in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)
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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian птица / ptica or Carpathian Rusyn пти́ця (ptýcja), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pъtica. Displaced птах (ptax).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈptit͡sa]
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Hyphenation: пти‧ца

Noun

птица (ptica) f (diminutive птичка, augmentative птичиска, related adjective птицов or птичи)

  1. bird
    Synonyms: (obsolete) птах (ptax), (poetic) пташина (ptašina)
    птица шпивачкаptica špivačkasongbird

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
nouns
  • птицар m pers (pticar)

References

Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъtica. Beware false cognate Greek πτηνό (ptinó, bird) and related forms in all languages from Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, to fly), which is from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (whence also Proto-Slavic *però and true Slavic cognates of the Greek word, like Russian перо́ (peró, feather)).

Pronunciation

Noun

пти́ца (ptíca) f anim (genitive пти́цы, nominative plural пти́цы, genitive plural птиц, masculine птиц, relational adjective пти́чий, diminutive пти́чка, augmentative пти́чище)

  1. bird
    Synonyms: птах (ptax), пта́ха (ptáxa), (diminutive) пти́чка (ptíčka), (diminutive) пта́шка (ptáška), пичу́га (pičúga)
    водопла́вающая пти́цаvodoplávajuščaja ptícawaterfowl
    дома́шняя пти́цаdomášnjaja ptícapoultry, fowl
    пе́вчая пти́цаpévčaja ptícasongbird
    перелётная пти́цаpereljótnaja ptícamigratory bird

Declension

Meronyms

Holonyms

Derived terms

Compound words:

Compounds:

  • ва́жная пти́ца f anim (vážnaja ptíca)
  • во́льная пти́ца f anim (vólʹnaja ptíca)
  • жар-пти́ца f anim (žar-ptíca)
  • пти́ца высо́кого полёта f anim (ptíca vysókovo poljóta)
  • пти́ца-мышь f anim (ptíca-myšʹ)
  • пти́ца-сини́ца f anim (ptíca-siníca), пти́чка-сини́чка f anim (ptíčka-siníčka)
  • пти́ца фе́никс f anim (ptíca féniks) (пти́ца Фе́никс f anim (ptíca Féniks))
  • свобо́дная пти́ца f anim (svobódnaja ptíca)
  • From пти́чка f anim (ptíčka):
    • пти́чка-невели́чка f anim (ptíčka-nevelíčka)
  • From пти́чий (ptíčij):
Proverbs
  • видна́ пти́ца по полёту (vidná ptíca po poljótu)
  • 'From пти́чка (ptíčka):'
    • когото́к увяз — всей пти́чке пропа́сть (kogotók uvjaz — vsej ptíčke propástʹ)
Borrowed

Related via Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-:

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “птица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “птица”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “птица”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004), “птица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “птица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 340
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010), “птица”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 242

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъtica, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to fly). Cognate with English feather, pen, Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai), πτέρυξ (ptérux) (whence pterodactyl, archæopteryx, Greek φτερό (fteró), πτηνό (ptinó)), Latin petō.

Pronunciation

Noun

пти̏ца f (Latin spelling ptȉca, relational adjective пти̏чјӣ, diminutive пти̏чица, augmentative птичѐтина or птичу̀рина)

  1. bird
    Она има само једну птицу.She has only one bird.
    • 2003, “Птице у градовима мењају песму”, in BBC Njuz:
      Свака птица је имала репертоар од три до девет различитих песама.
      Each bird had a repertoire of three to nine different songs.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Synonyms

  • птич (Kajkavian)

Derived terms

References

  • птица”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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