oganj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ogňь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ungnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis. Compare Czech oheň.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒɡaɲ/
• Hyphenation: o‧ganj

Noun

òganj m inan (Cyrillic spelling о̀гањ)

1. fire

   Synonym: vȁtra

Declension

Declension of oganj

	singular	plural
nominative	òganj	ògnji / ògnjevi
genitive	ògnja	ògnjā / ȍgnjēvā
dative	ognju	ognjima / ognjevima
accusative	oganj	ognje / ognjeve
vocative	ognju	ognji / ognjevi
locative	ognju	ognjima / ognjevima
instrumental	ognjem	ognjima / ognjevima

Derived terms

• ȍgnjenī

Further reading

• “oganj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025