lastavica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lastavica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâstaʋit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: la‧sta‧vi‧ca

Noun

lȁstavica f (Cyrillic spelling ла̏ставица)

1. swallow (bird)

   Synonym: lasta

Declension

Declension of lastavica

	singular	plural
nominative	lȁstavica	lȁstavice
genitive	lȁstavicē	lȁstavīcā
dative	lȁstavici	lȁstavicama
accusative	lȁstavicu	lȁstavice
vocative	lȁstavice	lȁstavice
locative	lȁstavici	lȁstavicama
instrumental	lȁstavicōm	lȁstavicama

Further reading

• “lastavica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026