kovilje

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kovylь.[1] First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôʋiːʎe/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧vi‧lje

Noun

kȍvīlje n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏вӣље)

  1. feathergrass

Declension

Declension of kovilje
singular
nominative kovilje
genitive kovilja
dative kovilju
accusative kovilje
vocative kovilje
locative kovilju
instrumental koviljem

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “kȍvīlje”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I: A – Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 490

Further reading

  • “kovilje”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
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