knjiga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɲîɡa/
• Hyphenation: knji‧ga

Noun

knjȉga f (Cyrillic spelling књи̏га, diminutive knjȉžica, augmentative knjižùrina, relational adjective knjȉžnī)

1. book

   Zatvaram knjigu i gledam kroz prozor. ― I close the book and look out the window

2. (archaic, poetic) scroll, letter, missive
   • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:

     On ne nosi tice lastavice, / Veće knjigu od Bogorodice, / Odnese je caru na Kosovo, / Spušta knjigu caru na koleno...

     He bears not a swallow-bird, / But a letter from the Theotokos, / Carries it off to the Tsar on Kosovo, / Lowers the letter upon the Tsar’s knee...

   Synonym: pismo

Declension

Declension of knjiga

	singular	plural
nominative	knjȉga	knjige
genitive	knjige	knjȋgā
dative	knjȉzi	knjigama
accusative	knjigu	knjige
vocative	knjigo	knjige
locative	knjȉzi	knjigama
instrumental	knjigom	knjigama

Derived terms

• knjižúljak
• knjìžara
• knjížnica
• knjȉškī
• knjȉžiti
• knjȉžēvnōst

 

References

• “knjiga” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knjìːɡa/

Noun

knjíga f

1. book

Inflection

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.	knjíga
gen. sing.	knjíge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	knjíga	knjígi	knjíge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	knjíge	knjíg	knjíg
dative (dajȃlnik)	knjígi	knjígama	knjígam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	knjígo	knjígi	knjíge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	knjígi	knjígah	knjígah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	knjígo	knjígama	knjígami

Derived terms

• knjigárna
• knjížen
• knjížnica