orjašica
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From orìjāš (“giant”) + -ica, apparently for the size of some species like Tordylium maximum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /orjǎʃit͡sa/
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
Noun
orjàšica f (Cyrillic spelling орја̀шица)
- hartwort (Tordylium spp., particularly Tordylium maximum)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | orjàšica | orjàšice |
| genitive | orjàšice | orjàšicā |
| dative | orjàšici | orjàšicama |
| accusative | orjàšicu | orjàšice |
| vocative | orjàšice | orjàšice |
| locative | orjàšici | orjàšicama |
| instrumental | orjàšicom | orjàšicama |
References
- “orjašica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “orjašica”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 4, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1971, published 1990, page 188