petica

See also: petică and Petică

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From pet +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pětit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ti‧ca
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

pètica f (Cyrillic spelling пѐтица)

1. five (digit or figure)
2. anything numbered five (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 5 etc.)
3. the grade '5' in schools

Declension

Declension of petica

	singular	plural
nominative	pètica	pètice
genitive	pèticē	pȅtīcā
dative	pètici	pèticama
accusative	pèticu	pètice
vocative	pètice	pètice
locative	pètici	pèticama
instrumental	pèticōm	pèticama

See also

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
as, kec	dvojka, dvica	trojka, trica	četvorka, četvrtica	petica	šestica	sedmica
osmica	devetka, devetica	desetka, desetica	dečko, pub, žandar, fant	kraljica, dama	kralj	džoker

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From peta +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pěːtit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: pe‧ti‧ca

Noun

pética f (Cyrillic spelling пе́тица)

1. diminutive of peta (“heel”)

Declension

Declension of petica

	singular	plural
nominative	petica	petice
genitive	petice	petica
dative	petici	peticama
accusative	peticu	petice
vocative	petice / petico	petice
locative	petici	peticama
instrumental	peticom	peticama

Further reading

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