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knjiga

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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  • knjiga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /knjìːɡa/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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knjíga f

  1. book

Inflection

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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

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