orlica

See also: Orlica, orlicą, and Orlicą

Polish

orlica

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-

Proto-Indo-European *-ō

Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō

Proto-Balto-Slavic *erélis, *arélis

Proto-Slavic *orьlъ

Old Polish orzeł

Polish orzeł

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas

Proto-Slavic *-ica

Old Polish -ica

Polish -ica

Polish orlica

From orzeł + -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrˈli.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: or‧li‧ca
• Homophone: Orlica

Noun

orlica f

1. female eagle
2. Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)
3. bracken (any fern of the genus Pteridium)

Declension

Declension of orlica

	singular	plural
nominative	orlica	orlice
genitive	orlicy	orlic
dative	orlicy	orlicom
accusative	orlicę	orlice
instrumental	orlicą	orlicami
locative	orlicy	orlicach
vocative	orlico	orlice

Further reading

• “orlica”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “orlica”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)