bezdan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bezdъna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bězdan/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bez‧dan

Noun

bèzdan m (Cyrillic spelling бѐздан)

  1. abyss
    • 1986, Đorđe Balašević (lyrics and music), “Bezdan”, in Bezdan‎, Novi Sad: Jugoton, performed by Đorđe Balašević:
      Ispod gradova od peska
      Dubok bezdan bez dna
      Beneath the cities of sand
      A deep abyss without a bottom
    Zla je zver došla iz bezdana. ― The evil beast came from the abyss.
  2. gulf
  3. precipice

Declension
Declension of bezdan
singular plural
nominative bèzdan bezdani
genitive bezdana bȅzdānā
dative bezdanu bezdanima
accusative bezdan bezdane
vocative bezdane bezdani
locative bezdanu bezdanima
instrumental bezdanom bezdanima

Synonyms

References
  • “bezdan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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