knjiga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъniga.

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

Noun

knjȉga f (Cyrillic spelling књи̏га)

  1. book
  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...

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 *kъniga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknjìːɡa/
  • Tonal orthography: knjíga

Noun

knjíga f (genitive knjíge, nominative plural knjíge)

  1. book

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

Derived terms
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