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spilja

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek σπηλιά (spiliá). First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spîʎa/
  • Hyphenation: spi‧lja

Noun

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spȉlja f (Cyrillic spelling спи̏ља)

  1. cave, cavern

Declension

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Declension of spilja
singular plural
nominative spȉlja spilje
genitive spilje spȋljā
dative spilji spiljama
accusative spilju spilje
vocative spiljo spilje
locative spilji spiljama
instrumental spiljom spiljama

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “spilja”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 373

Further reading

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