petica

See also: petică and Petică

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From pet +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pětit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ti‧ca
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

pètica f (Cyrillic spelling пѐтица)

1. five (digit or figure)
2. anything numbered five (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 5 etc.)
3. the grade '5' in schools

Declension

Declension of petica

	singular	plural
nominative	petica	petice
genitive	petice	petica
dative	petici	peticama
accusative	peticu	petice
vocative	petice / petico	petice
locative	petici	peticama
instrumental	peticom	peticama

See also

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
as, kec	dvojka, dvica	trojka, trica	četvorka, četvrtica	petica	šestica	sedmica
osmica	devetka, devetica	desetka, desetica	dečko, pub, žandar, fant	kraljica, dama	kralj	džoker

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From peta +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pěːtit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ti‧ca

Noun

pética f (Cyrillic spelling пе́тица)

1. diminutive of peta (“heel”)

Declension

Declension of petica

	singular	plural
nominative	petica	petice
genitive	petice	petica
dative	petici	peticama
accusative	peticu	petice
vocative	petice / petico	petice
locative	petici	peticama
instrumental	peticom	peticama

Further reading

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