zmija

See also: źmija, żmija, Żmija, and żmiją

Lower Sorbian

zmija

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzmʲija]

Noun

zmija f ? (diminutive zmijica)

1. viper, adder
2. (specifically) common European adder, cross adder (Vipera berus)

Declension

declension of zmija

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	zmija	zmii	zmije
Genitive	zmije	zmijowu	zmijow
Dative	zmii	zmijoma	zmijam
Accusative	zmiju	zmii	zmije
Instrumental	zmiju	zmijoma	zmijami
Locative	zmii	zmijoma	zmijach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “zmija”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “zmija”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zmǐja/
• Hyphenation: zmi‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

zmìja f (Cyrillic spelling змѝја)

1. snake

Declension

Declension of zmija

	singular	plural
nominative	zmìja	zmije
genitive	zmije	zmíjā
dative	zmiji	zmijama
accusative	zmiju	zmije
vocative	zmijo	zmije
locative	zmiji	zmijama
instrumental	zmijom	zmijama

Derived terms

• kriti kao zmija noge (literally “to hide like a snake hides its legs”)

Further reading

• “zmija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zmьjà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzmija]

Noun

zmija f (genitive singular zmije, nominative plural zmije, genitive plural zmijí, declension pattern of ulica)

1. viper, adder

   Synonym: vretenica

Declension

Declension of zmija

	singular	plural
nominative	zmija	zmije
genitive	zmije	zmijí
dative	zmiji	zmijam
accusative	zmiju	zmije
locative	zmiji	zmijach
instrumental	zmijou	zmijami

Derived terms

• zmijí

Further reading

• “zmija”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024