palica

See also: Palica

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *palica (“stick, staff”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian palica (“clapper”), Polish pałka (“club, cudgel”), Czech palice (“mallet”), Old Church Slavonic палица (palica, “stick, staff”), Russian па́лица (pálica, “club, cudgel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -alit͡sa
• Syllabification: pa‧li‧ca

Noun

palica f (diminutive palicka)

1. clapper (object suspended inside a bell that causes it to ring)

Declension

Declension of palica

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	palica	palicy	palice
Genitive	palice	palicowu	palicow
Dative	palicy	palicoma	palicam
Accusative	palicu	palicy	palice
Instrumental	palicu	palicoma	palicami
Locative	palicy	palicoma	palicach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “palica”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “palica”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Etymology

From palec +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [paˈli.t͡sa]

Noun

palica f

1. (Chełmno) mitten; glove (hand covering with one or more fingers)

Further reading

• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “palica”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 137

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *palica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâlit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧li‧ca

Noun

pȁlica f (Cyrillic spelling па̏лица)

1. bat
2. rod
3. cane

Declension

Declension of palica

	singular	plural
nominative	palica	palice
genitive	palice	palica
dative	palici	palicama
accusative	palicu	palice
vocative	palice / palico	palice
locative	palici	palicama
instrumental	palicom	palicama

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak palica, from Proto-Slavic *palica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaʎit͡sa]

Noun

palica f (relational adjective palicový, diminutive palička)

1. stick; cane; bat (long, straight, thin piece of wood)
2. (historical) thrashing (punishment by beating with a cane)

Declension

Declension of palica
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	palica	palice
genitive	palice	palíc
dative	palici	paliciam
accusative	palicu	palice
locative	palici	paliciach
instrumental	palicou	palicami

Further reading

• “palica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026