akademija

See also: akadēmija and akadēmijā

Lithuanian

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin acadēmīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos.

Noun

akàdemija f (plural akàdemijos) stress pattern 1

1. academy

Declension

Declension of akàdemija

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	akàdemija	akàdemijos
genitive (kilmininkas)	akàdemijos	akàdemijų
dative (naudininkas)	akàdemijai	akàdemijoms
accusative (galininkas)	akàdemiją	akàdemijas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	akàdemija	akàdemijomis
locative (vietininkas)	akàdemijoje	akàdemijose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	akàdemija	akàdemijos

Further reading

• “akademija”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “akademija”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈdɛ.mi.jɒ/

Noun

akademija f

1. Middle Polish form of akademia

Declension

Attested forms of akademija

	singular	plural
nominative	akademija	akademije
genitive	akademijej	akademij
dative	akademijéj	—
accusative	akademiją	akademije
instrumental	akademiją	—
locative	akademijéj	akademijach
vocative	—	—

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaděmija/
• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧de‧mi‧ja

Noun

akadèmija f (Cyrillic spelling акадѐмија, relational adjective akàdemskī or akadèmījskī)

1. academy

Declension

Declension of akademija

	singular	plural
nominative	akademija	akademije
genitive	akademije	akademija
dative	akademiji	akademijama
accusative	akademiju	akademije
vocative	akademijo	akademije
locative	akademiji	akademijama
instrumental	akademijom	akademijama

Related terms

• akadémac
• akadèmičār
• akadèmik

References

• “akademija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Akademie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akadɛmíːja/
• Rhymes: -íːja
• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧de‧mi‧ja

Noun

akademȋja f

1. academy (highest scientific and artistic institution)
2. academy (highest level school)
   • 2024 May 15, DK, STA, V-F-X Ljubljana / Afriška in romunska produkcija ter študentski filmi‎^[1]:

     Letos bodo v sklopu festivala ponudili tudi program študentskih filmov Brbotanja s kuriranim izborom novejše produkcije študentov ljubljanskih akademij. Filmskemu programu bodo dodali še spremljevalni program z več nastopi, pogovori in delavnicami.

     This year, as part of the festival, a program of student films Burbotanja will be offered with a curated selection of recent productions by students of Ljubljana academies. An accompanying program with several performances, talks and workshops will be added to the film program.

Declension

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	akademȋja
gen. sing.	akademȋje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	akademȋja	akademȋji	akademȋje
genitive rodȋlnik	akademȋje	akademȋj	akademȋj
dative dajȃlnik	akademȋji	akademȋjama	akademȋjam
accusative tožȋlnik	akademȋjo	akademȋji	akademȋje
locative mẹ̑stnik	akademȋji	akademȋjah	akademȋjah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	akademȋjo	akademȋjama	akademȋjami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	akademȋja	akademȋji	akademȋje

Derived terms

adjectives

• akadẹ̑mski

nouns

• akadẹ́mik m anim

Further reading

• “akademija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “akademija”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references