криж

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krîːʒ/

Noun

кри̑ж m (Latin spelling krȋž)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) cross, crucifix (also figuratively)

Usage notes

This word, in religious context, is used mainly by Catholic Christians, and consequently generally more common among Croats than Serbs. Orthodoxs (and Serbs generally) tend to prefer the term кр̏ст.

Declension

Declension of криж

	singular	plural
nominative	кри̑ж	кри́жеви
genitive	кри́жа	крижева
dative	крижу	крижевима
accusative	криж	крижеве
vocative	крижу	крижеви
locative	крижу	крижевима
instrumental	крижем	крижевима

Synonyms

• (cross): кр̏ст