knjiga
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъniga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɲîɡa/
- Hyphenation: knji‧ga
Noun
knjȉga f (Cyrillic spelling књи̏га)
- book
- (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...
- On ne nosi tice lastavice, / Veće knjigu od Bogorodice, / Odnese je caru na Kosovo, / Spušta knjigu caru na koleno...
- 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
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
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъniga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknjìːɡa/
- Tonal orthography: knjíga
Declension
Declension of knjíga (feminine, a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | knjíga | knjígi | knjíge |
accusative | knjígo | knjígi | knjíge |
genitive | knjíge | knjíg | knjíg |
dative | knjígi | knjígama | knjígam |
locative | knjígi | knjígah | knjígah |
instrumental | knjígo | knjígama | knjígami |
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