opica

See also: opíča

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *opica, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒpit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: opi‧ca

Noun

òpica f (Cyrillic spelling о̀пица)

1. (zoology) ape

   Synonym: čovjekòlikī màjmun

2. (regional) monkey

   Synonym: màjmun

Declension

Declension of opica

	singular	plural
nominative	opica	opice
genitive	opice	opica
dative	opici	opicama
accusative	opicu	opice
vocative	opice / opico	opice
locative	opici	opicama
instrumental	opicom	opicama

Further reading

• “opica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *opica, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔpit͡sa]

• Audio:

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Noun

opica f (relational adjective opičí, diminutive opička)

1. monkey

Declension

Declension of opica
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	opica	opice
genitive	opice	opíc
dative	opici	opiciam
accusative	opicu	opice
locative	opici	opiciach
instrumental	opicou	opicami

Derived terms

• opíča

Further reading

• “opica”, 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, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /óːpit͡sa/

• Audio:

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Noun

ọ̑pica f

1. monkey (primate)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	ópica
gen. sing.	ópice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ópica	ópici	ópice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ópice	ópic	ópic
dative (dajȃlnik)	ópici	ópicama	ópicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ópico	ópici	ópice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ópici	ópicah	ópicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ópico	ópicama	ópicami

Further reading

• “opica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025