repica

See also: repicá

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

rȅpa +‎ -ica, calque of Slovak repica (“oilseed rape”), since the oilseed rape spread from the Northwest – Croatian purists use ògrštica, Czech uses řepka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rêpit͡sa/

Noun

rȅpica f (Cyrillic spelling ре̏пица)

1. diminutive of rȅpa (“turnip, rape”)
2. oilseed rape, ellipsis of uljana repica.

Declension

Declension of repica

	singular	plural
nominative	repica	repice
genitive	repice	repica
dative	repici	repicama
accusative	repicu	repice
vocative	repico	repice
locative	repici	repicama
instrumental	repicom	repicama

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ра̀пица (ràpica)
  • → Romanian: rapița

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Slovak

Etymology

repa +‎ -ica. One also uses repka in Slovak, Czech exclusively řepka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrepit͡sa]

Noun

repica f (genitive singular repice, nominative plural repice, genitive plural repíc, declension pattern of ulica)

1. oilseed rape, repica olejnatá

Declension

Declension of repica

	singular	plural
nominative	repica	repice
genitive	repice	repíc
dative	repici	repiciam
accusative	repicu	repice
locative	repici	repiciach
instrumental	repicou	repicami

Descendants

• → Hungarian: repce
• → Serbo-Croatian: rȅpica (calque)
  • → Bulgarian: ра̀пица (ràpica)
    • → Romanian: rapița
• → Slovene: rẹ́pica (calque)

References

• “repica”, 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, 2024

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Spanish

Verb

repica

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of repicar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of repicar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of repicar.