патка

See also: пятка

Bulgarian

па́ткаAnas 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]
  • (file)

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

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

Descendants

  • Aromanian: pátcã
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاتقه (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]
  • (file)
  • 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
Alternative forms

See also

Etymology 2

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Verb

патка • (patka) third-singular present, impf

  1. (intransitive, childish) to walk
Conjugation

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

References

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