tica

See also: -tica

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.kɐ/

Adjective

tica

1. feminine singular of tico

Etymology 2

Verb

tica

1. inflection of ticar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tît͡sa/
• Hyphenation: tȉ‧ca

Noun

tȉca f (Cyrillic spelling ти̏ца)

1. (regional, colloquial or archaic) Alternative form of ptȉca (“bird”)
   • 1839, Stanko Vraz, “Věnac II: Prolětje” [“Cycle II: Spring”] in Danica ilirska, number 7, issue 5, page 25:

     On ju smatra: a gle jato
     Bělih ticah varh prolěti:
     Može tica varh dostići,
     Mogu i ja tam dospěti.

     He considers it: but look, a flock
     of white birds flies over the peak:
     If a bird can reach the peak,
     I can make it there too.

   • 1844, Ana Werdoliak (Vrdoljak), “Xalba” [“Lament”] in Zora dalmatinska, number 39, page 305:

     Uteçe mi zlatna moja tica; –
     Prie neg’ sam njojzi jist donila
     Pustiśe ju nadvor tudja dica:
     Nije sriche da sam tute bila!
     Zlatnu ticu ja bi uhvatila.

     My golden bird has fled away; –
     before I could bring her something to eat,
     other people’s children let her out:
     it was no good fortune that I was here!
     I’d like to catch the golden bird.

   • 1845, anonymous, recorded by Vuk Karadžić, “Propast carstva srpskoga” [“The Ruin of the Tsardom of Serbia”] in Narodne srpske pjesme:

     Полетио соко тица сива
     од светиње од Јерусалима,
     и он носи тицу ластавицу.
     То не био соко тица сива,
     веће био светитељ Илија;
     он не носи тице ластавице,
     веће књигу од Богородице […]

     A grey falcon-bird took flight
     from the holy place, from Jerusalem,
     and he carried a small swallow-bird.
     That was no grey falcon-bird,
     but rather it was Saint Elijah;
     it’s not a small swallow-bird he carried,
     but a letter from the Mother of God […]

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtika/ [ˈt̪i.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: ti‧ca

Adjective

tica f sg

1. feminine singular of tico