dalekovidnica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From daleko +‎ vid +‎ -an +‎ -ica. Calque of German Fernseher. Entered usage in 1990s and 2000s in Croatia as a purist alternative to televizija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalekoʋǐːdnit͡sa/

Noun

dalekovídnica f (Cyrillic spelling далекови́дница)

1. (Croatia, neologism, rare) television

   Synonym: televizija

   • 1970 studeni-prosinac, Tomislav Ladan, “Ante Starčević (državnik, govornik, književnik)”, in Kritika, number 15, Zagreb: Društvo književnika Hrvatske, page 792:

     ona se toliko razglašuje preko naše sve nazočnije dalekovidnice, naših ozvučenih postaja, našeg jednobojnog i višebojnog tiska,

     it is publicised so much across our ever more present television, our radio stations, our monochrome and polychrome press

   • 2011, Mirko Tomasović, “Napabirčena klepotina (Enciclopedia della letteratura, Garzanti editore, 2007)”, in Colloquia Maruliana‎^[1], volume 20, Split: Književni krug Split - Marulianum, page 343:

     snimatelj emisija za talijansku dalekovidnicu

     a cinematographer of Italian television programmes

Usage notes

• The term can be used ironically, particularly in reference to the television programmes of the state-owned Croatian Radiotelevision (Hrvatska radiotelevizija).

Declension

Declension of dalekovidnica

	singular	plural
nominative	dalekovídnica	dalekovídnice
genitive	dalekovídnicē	dalekovídnīcā
dative	dalekovídnici	dalekovídnicama
accusative	dalekovídnicu	dalekovídnice
vocative	dalekovídnico	dalekovídnice
locative	dalekovídnici	dalekovídnicama
instrumental	dalekovídnicōm	dalekovídnicama