leđa
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lęďa, *lędvьje. First attested in the 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lěːd͡ʑa/
- Hyphenation: le‧đa
Noun
léđa n pl (Cyrillic spelling ле́ђа)
- back
- Da li želiš utrljati malo losiona na moja leđa? ― Do you want to rub some lotion on my back?
- Bole me leđa. ― My back hurts.
- Lezi s rukama iza leđa! ― Lie down with your hands behind your back!
- Lezi na leđa. ― lie on your back.
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- okrenuti nekome leđa ― to turn one's back on somebody
- raditi iza nečijih leđa ― to work behind somebody's back
- podmetnuti leđa ― to shoulder, take on
- čuvati nečija leđa ― to watch somebody's back
Declension
Declension of leđa
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | léđa |
| genitive | léđā |
| dative | leđima |
| accusative | leđa |
| vocative | leđa |
| locative | leđima |
| instrumental | leđima |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “leđa”, 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 544
Further reading
- “leđa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026