knjiga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɲîɡa/
  • Hyphenation: knji‧ga

Noun

knjȉga f (Cyrillic spelling књи̏га, diminutive knjȉžica, augmentative knjižùrina, relational adjective knjȉžnī)

  1. book
    Zatvaram knjigu i gledam kroz prozor. ― I close the book and look out the window
  2. (archaic, poetic) scroll, letter, missive
    • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
      On ne nosi tice lastavice, / Veće knjigu od Bogorodice, / Odnese je caru na Kosovo, / Spušta knjigu caru na koleno...
      He bears not a swallow-bird, / But a letter from the Theotokos, / Carries it off to the Tsar on Kosovo, / Lowers the letter upon the Tsar’s knee...
    Synonym: pismo

Declension
Declension of knjiga
singular plural
nominative knjȉga knjige
genitive knjige knjȋgā
dative knjȉzi knjigama
accusative knjigu knjige
vocative knjigo knjige
locative knjȉzi knjigama
instrumental knjigom knjigama

Derived terms

References
  • “knjiga” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knjìːɡa/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

knjíga f

  1. book

Inflection
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. knjíga
gen. sing. knjíge
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 knjíga knjígi knjíge
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 knjíge knjíg knjíg
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 knjígi knjígama knjígam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 knjígo knjígi knjíge
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 knjígi knjígah knjígah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 knjígo knjígama knjígami

Derived terms
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