trtica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Akin to Slovene trta, trtica, from Latin torta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /třtit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: tr‧ti‧ca

Noun

tr̀tica f (Cyrillic spelling тр̀тица)

1. coccyx
2. lumbar, rump

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	trtica	trtice
genitive	trtice	trtica
dative	trtici	trticama
accusative	trticu	trtice
vocative	trtico / trtice	trtice
locative	trtici	trticama
instrumental	trticom	trticama

Declension of trtica

Related terms

• tȑta
• tr̀tičnī
• trt

References

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

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

trtica

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Etymology

trta +‎ -ica

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə̀rtit͡sa/

Noun

tŕtica f

1. tailbone, coccyx
2. diminutive of trta: a small vine

Inflection

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.	tŕtica
gen. sing.	tŕtice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	tŕtica	tŕtici	tŕtice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	tŕtice	tŕtic	tŕtic
dative (dajȃlnik)	tŕtici	tŕticama	tŕticam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	tŕtico	tŕtici	tŕtice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	tŕtici	tŕticah	tŕticah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	tŕtico	tŕticama	tŕticami

Further reading

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