pernica

See also: Pernica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

pero +‎ -ica - "an item that holds a pen"

Noun

pérnica f (Cyrillic spelling пе́рница)

1. pencil box, pencil case

Etymology 2

perje +‎ -ica - "an item stuffed with feathers"

Alternative forms

• pȅrina

Noun

pérnica f (Cyrillic spelling пе́рница)

1. (regional) pillow

   Synonyms: jàstuk; pòdglāvlje; poduška; ùzglavak, ùzglāvlje, ùzglāvnica

Synonyms

• (Croatian) blàzina / blàzinja
• (Ragusan) tùndjela
• (Croatian) vȁnkūš / vȁnjkūš

Further reading

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