karlica

Polish

Etymology

From karzeł +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karˈli.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: kar‧li‧ca

Noun

karlica f (male equivalent karzeł, diminutive karliczka)

1. female equivalent of karzeł (“midget, midgetess, runtess”)

   Antonyms: gigantka, olbrzymka

Declension

Declension of karlica

	singular	plural
nominative	karlica	karlice
genitive	karlicy	karlic
dative	karlicy	karlicom
accusative	karlicę	karlice
instrumental	karlicą	karlicami
locative	karlicy	karlicach
vocative	karlico	karlice

Related terms

adjective

• karli

 

noun

• karlik

 

verb

• karleć

 

Further reading

• karlica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• karlica in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Austrian German, from a diminutive of German Kar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎrlit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: kar‧li‧ca

Noun

kàrlica f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀рлица)

1. (archaic or rustic) wooden trough, vat for mixing

   Synonyms: ко̀пања, здје̏ла, здје̏лица, му̏злица, шо́ља, шо́љица, ди̑жва, кра̏вљача

2. (Bosnia, Serbia) pelvis

   Synonym: (Croatia) здје̏лица

Declension

Declension of karlica

	singular	plural
nominative	karlica	karlice
genitive	karlice	karlica
dative	karlici	karlicama
accusative	karlicu	karlice
vocative	karlice / karlico	karlice
locative	karlici	karlicama
instrumental	karlicom	karlicama

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ка́рлица (kárlica)
• → Macedonian: карлица (karlica)
• → Romanian: carlíță, cấrliță