hiljada

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian numbers ^(edit)

←  1	←  100	1,000
Cardinal: hiljada, tisuća     Ordinal: hiljaditi, tisućiti     Multiplier: hiljadostruk, tisućostruk     Fractional: hiljaditina, tisućitina

Alternative forms

• iljada

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χιλιάδα (chiliáda), from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xîʎada/ or IPA^(key): /xǐʎada/

Noun

hȉljada or hìljada f (Cyrillic spelling хи̏љада or хѝљада)

1. thousand

   Synonym: tisuća

Usage notes

• In contemporary Croatian usage tisuća is the usual word; hiljada is archaic

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and is regarded by some as a Serbism.

• The accent hìljada (along with iljȁda) is found in East Shtokavian, hȉljada in West Shtokavian, Chakavian and Kaykavian.

Declension

Declension of hȉljada (Bosnia, Croatia)

	singular	plural
nominative	hȉljada	hȉljade
genitive	hȉljadē	hȉljādā
dative	hȉljadi	hȉljadama
accusative	hȉljadu	hȉljade
vocative	hȉljado	hȉljade
locative	hȉljadi	hȉljadama
instrumental	hȉljadōm	hȉljadama

Declension of hìljada (Serbia, Montenegro)

	singular	plural
nominative	hìljada	hìljade
genitive	hìljadē	hìljādā / hȉljādā
dative	hìljadi	hìljadama
accusative	hìljadu	hìljade
vocative	hìljado	hìljade
locative	hìljadi	hìljadama
instrumental	hìljadōm	hìljadama

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:hiljada.

Derived terms

• hiljadu
• hiljadarka
• hiljaditi

References

• “hiljada” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Hanzir, Štefica, Horvat, Jasna, Jakolić, Božica, Jozić, Željko, Lončarić, Mijo (2015) Rječnik kajkavske donjosutlanske ikavice‎^[1], Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
• Jurišić, Blaž (1973) Rječnik govora otoka Vrgade, Zagreb: JAZU
• Lipljin, Tomislav (2013) Rječnik varaždinskoga kajkavskog govora, 2nd edition, Varaždin: Stanek Media
• Rešetar, Milan (1900) Die serbokroatische Betonung südwestlicher Mundarten, Wien: Alfred Hölder, page 153:

  Für 1000 hat R[agusa] gewöhnlich tȉsuća, viel seltener hȉl̨ada (V[uk Karadžić, Srpski rječnik], hìl̨ada, Gen. plur. hȉl̨ādā, aber auch Maretić, Gram[atika] i stil[istika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika] 217 betont hȉl̨ada), O[zrinići] und P[rčanj] dagegen regelmässig il̨ȁda, das nach §. 57 im Gen. plur. ȉl̨ādā O[zrinići], ȉl̨ādāg P[rčanj] hat; Perast kennt il̨ȁda und tȉsuća (P[rčanj] letzteres nur in tȉsućnī lūpȅž = „grosser Dieb“).