žir
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žirъ. Related to žȋv (“alive”). First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒîːr/
Noun
žȋr m inan (Cyrillic spelling жи̑р)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | žȋr | žírovi |
| genitive | žȋra | žírōvā |
| dative | žȋru | žírovima |
| accusative | žȋr | žírove |
| vocative | žȋre | žírovi |
| locative | žíru | žírovima |
| instrumental | žȋrom | žírovima |
See also
| German suits in Serbo-Croatian · njemačke boje, nemačke boje, mađarske boje (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| crvena, srce | bundeva, tikva | zelena, zelje, list | žir |
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2021), “žȋr”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume II: O – Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 621