галица

See also: галиця

Bulgarian

Etymology

гал (gal, “pitch black”) (archaic, obsolete) +‎ -ица (-ica)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɐˈlit͡sɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

гали́ца • (galíca) f (masculine галу́н)

1. (dialectal) female equivalent of галу́н (galún): fеmale corvid, corbie (typically raven, chough, or jackdaw)

   Synonyms: га́рга (gárga), ча́вка (čávka)

Declension

Declension of гали́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	гали́ца galíca	гали́ци galíci
definite	гали́цата galícata	гали́ците galícite
vocative form	гали́це galíce	гали́ци galíci

Related terms

• гала́та (galáta, “dirt, filth”) (dialectal)

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *galica, *galъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâlit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: га‧ли‧ца

Noun

га̏лица f (Latin spelling gȁlica)

1. chough

Derived terms

• жу̏токљӯна га̏лица

Further reading

• “галица”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “галица”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024