komšija

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قومشو (komşu, “neighbour”), older قونشو (konşu, “neighbour”), now Turkish komşu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kǒmʃija/
  • Hyphenation: kòm‧ši‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun[edit]

kòmšija m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀мшија, feminine kòmšinica)

  1. (regional in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia) neighbour (a person living on adjacent or nearby land)
    Synonyms: súsjed, súsed
    On je dobar drug mog komšije. ― He is a good friend of my neighbour.

Usage notes[edit]

The preferred word in literary Croatian is súsjed.

Declension[edit]

Declension of komšija
singular plural
nominative komšija komšije
genitive komšije komšija
dative komšiji komšijama
accusative komšiju komšije
vocative komšijo komšije
locative komšiji komšijama
instrumental komšijom komšijama

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “komšija” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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