bukvica
буквицаbȕkvica · /bûkʋit͡sa/ · fem.
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colloq. (in očitati kome bukvicu) telling-off; lectureŠef mu je juče očitao bukvicu zbog kašnjenja. — Yesterday the boss gave him a telling-off for being late.
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beechnutVeverice u jesen skupljaju bukvice po šumi. — In autumn squirrels gather beechnuts in the forest.
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dated (historical) alphabet; primerDeca su nekada učila slova iz bukvice. — Children used to learn their letters from a primer.
In modern speech the word mostly appears in the phrase očitati kome bukvicu.
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očitati (pročitati) kome bukvicu — to read someone the riot actMama mi je očitala bukvicu kad sam se vratio u tri ujutru. — Mom read me the riot act when I came home at three in the morning.
Declension, fem.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bukvica | bukvice |
| Gen. | bukvice | bukvica |
| Dat. | bukvici | bukvicama |
| Acc. | bukvicu | bukvice |
| Voc. | bukvice | bukvice |
| Ins. | bukvicom | bukvicama |
| Loc. | bukvici | bukvicama |
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Updated 6 October 2026