pustinja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pustyni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǔːstiɲa/
• Hyphenation: pu‧sti‧nja

Noun

pústinja f (Cyrillic spelling пу́стиња)

1. desert

Declension

Declension of pustinja

	singular	plural
nominative	pustinja	pustinje
genitive	pustinje	pustinja
dative	pustinji	pustinjama
accusative	pustinju	pustinje
vocative	pustinjo	pustinje
locative	pustinji	pustinjama
instrumental	pustinjom	pustinjama

Related terms

• pȗst
• pústīnjskī

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pustyni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pustìːnja/

Noun

pustínja f

1. desert

Declension

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.	pustínja
gen. sing.	pustínje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pustínja	pustínji	pustínje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pustínje	pustínj	pustínj
dative (dajȃlnik)	pustínji	pustínjama	pustínjam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pustínjo	pustínji	pustínje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pustínji	pustínjah	pustínjah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pustínjo	pustínjama	pustínjami

Further reading

• “pustinja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “pustinja”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references