патка

See also: пятка

Bulgarian

па́тка – Anas platyrhynchos

Etymology

More commonly па́тица (pática), there also occurring пато́к (patók, “male duck”), dialectally пат (pat). A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpatkɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

па́тка • (pátka) f (masculine пато́к)

1. female equivalent of пато́к (patók): duck (usually a female one)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) у́тка (útka), (obsolete) пу́тка (pútka), (dialectal) ша́тка (šátka), (dialectal, colloquial) улюля́йка (uljuljájka)

2. (figuratively, offensive, derogatory) fool, gull

Declension

Declension of па́тка

	singular	plural
indefinite	па́тка pátka	па́тки pátki
definite	па́тката pátkata	па́тките pátkite
vocative form	па́тко pátko	па́тки pátki

Related terms

• па́те (páte, “duckling”)
• па́тър (pátǎr, “fowl”) (dialectal)

Descendants

• → Aromanian: pátcã
• → Ottoman Turkish: پاتقه (patka)
  • Turkish: patka

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpatka]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: пат‧ка
• Rhymes: -atka

Etymology 1

патка

A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Noun

патка • (patka) f (plural патки, masculine патор, diminutive пајче)

1. (female) duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

   Synonym: шатка f (šatka)

Declension

Declension of патка

	singular	plural
indefinite	патка (patka)	патки (patki)
definite unspecified	патката (patkata)	патките (patkite)
definite proximal	паткава (patkava)	паткиве (patkive)
definite distal	паткана (patkana)	паткине (patkine)
vocative	патко (patko)	патки (patki)

Alternative forms

• пајка f (pajka)

See also

• гуска f (guska)
• кокошка f (kokoška)
• лебед m (lebed)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

патка • (patka) third-singular present, impf

1. (intransitive, childish) to walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of патка (imperfective, present in -а)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	паткал (patkal)	—	adjectival participle	—
feminine	паткала (patkala)	—	adverbial participle	паткајќи (patkajḱi)
neuter	паткало (patkalo)	—	verbal noun	паткање (patkanje)
plural	паткале (patkale)	—	perfect participle	паткано (patkano)
finite forms	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	паткам (patkam)	паткав (patkav)	—	—
2nd singular	паткаш (patkaš)	паткаше (patkaše)	—	паткај (patkaj)
3rd singular	патка (patka)	паткаше (patkaše)	—	—
1st plural	паткаме (patkame)	паткавме (patkavme)	—	—
2nd plural	паткате (patkate)	паткавте (patkavte)	—	паткајте (patkajte)
3rd plural	паткаат (patkaat)	паткаа (patkaa)	—	—
compound tenses
perfect	сум паткал (sum patkal)		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам паткано (imam patkano)		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев паткал (bev patkal)		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав паткано (imav patkano)		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал паткано (sum imal patkano)		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе паткам (ḱe patkam)		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам паткано (ḱe imam patkano)		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе паткав (ḱe patkav)		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав паткано (ḱe imav patkano)		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум паткал (ḱe sum patkal)		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал паткано (ḱe sum imal patkano)		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би паткал (bi patkal)		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал паткано (bi imal patkano)		conditional of има + perfect participle

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A wanderwort, see Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâtka/
• Hyphenation: пат‧ка

Noun

па̏тка f (Latin spelling pȁtka)

1. duck (female)

Declension

Declension of патка

	singular	plural
nominative	па̏тка	патке
genitive	патке	па̏та̄ка̄ / па̏ткӣ
dative	патки	паткама
accusative	патку	патке
vocative	патко	патке
locative	патки	паткама
instrumental	патком	паткама

Related terms

• па́так (“male duck”)

References

• “патка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025