palica

See also: Palica

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *palica (“stick, staff”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian palica (“clapper”), Polish pałka (“club, cudgel”), Czech palice (“mallet”), Old Church Slavonic палица (palica, “stick, staff”), Russian па́лица (pálica, “club, cudgel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalit͡sa/, [ˈpalʲit͡sa]

Noun

palica f

1. clapper (object suspended inside a bell that causes it to ring)

Declension

Declension of palica

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	palica	palicy	palice
Genitive	palice	palicowu	palicow
Dative	palicy	palicoma	palicam
Accusative	palicu	palicy	palice
Instrumental	palicu	palicoma	palicami
Locative	palicy	palicoma	palicach

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *palica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâlit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧li‧ca

Noun

pȁlica f (Cyrillic spelling па̏лица)

1. bat
2. rod
3. cane

Declension

Declension of palica

	singular	plural
nominative	palica	palice
genitive	palice	palica
dative	palici	palicama
accusative	palicu	palice
vocative	palice / palico	palice
locative	palici	palicama
instrumental	palicom	palicama