cviće

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier cvitje, from Proto-Slavic *cvětje.

Noun

cviće n pl (collective, singular cvit)

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) flowers
    • 1630s, Ivan Gundulić, Osman:
      Po prozorih sa svijeh strana
      djevojčice lijepe sjaju,
      i od razlika cvića izbrana
      dažde obilne prosipaju.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1684, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:
      Tako cviće vene junačke lipote,
      tako se hrabrene desnice lahkote.
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    • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:
      Tu Lipanj u ladu gleda kako liću
      pčele i med kradu po lipovom cviću.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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