birtija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Wirtshaus (“inn, tavern”) +‎ -ija, with German Haus replaced by the semantically similar but pejorative suffix -ija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐrtija/
• Hyphenation: bir‧ti‧ja

Noun

bìrtija f (Cyrillic spelling бѝртија)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) pub, bar

Declension

Declension of birtija

	singular	plural
nominative	birtija	birtije
genitive	birtije	birtija
dative	birtiji	birtijama
accusative	birtiju	birtije
vocative	birtijo	birtije
locative	birtiji	birtije
instrumental	birtijom	birtijama

References

• “birtija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From German Wirtshaus (perhaps specifically from Gottscheerish birtš(h)aúš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /birtíːja/

Noun

birtȋja f

1. (colloquial, rare) inn, pub, tavern

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	birtíja
gen. sing.	birtíje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	birtíja	birtíji	birtíje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	birtíje	birtíj	birtíj
dative (dajȃlnik)	birtíji	birtíjama	birtíjam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	birtíjo	birtíji	birtíje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	birtíji	birtíjah	birtíjah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	birtíjo	birtíjama	birtíjami

Synonyms

• gostílna, kŕčma

Further reading

• “birtija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026