repica

See also: repicá

Catalan

Verb

repica

1. inflection of repicar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

rȅpa +‎ -ica, calque of Slovak repica (“oilseed rape”), since the oilseed rape spread from the Northwest – Croatian purists use ògrštica, Czech uses řepka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rêpit͡sa/
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

rȅpica f (Cyrillic spelling ре̏пица)

1. diminutive of rȅpa (“turnip, rape”)
2. oilseed rape, ellipsis of uljana repica

Declension

Declension of repica

	singular	plural
nominative	repica	repice
genitive	repice	repica
dative	repici	repicama
accusative	repicu	repice
vocative	repico	repice
locative	repici	repicama
instrumental	repicom	repicama

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ра́пица (rápica)
  • → Romanian: rapiță

Slovak

Etymology

From repa +‎ -ica. One also uses repka in Slovak, Czech exclusively řepka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrepit͡sa]

Noun

repica f (relational adjective repicový)

1. oilseed rape, repica olejnatá

   Synonym: repka

Declension

Declension of repica
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	repica	repice
genitive	repice	repíc
dative	repici	repiciam
accusative	repicu	repice
locative	repici	repiciach
instrumental	repicou	repicami

Descendants

• → Hungarian: repce
• → Serbo-Croatian: rȅpica (calque)
  • → Bulgarian: ра́пица (rápica)
    • → Romanian: rapiță
• → Slovene: rẹ́pica (calque)

Further reading

• “repica”, 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, 2003–2025

Spanish

Verb

repica

1. inflection of repicar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative