ljiljak
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Slavic *lilъ (“membrane, skin”) + -ak with a similar semantic basis as dialectal Russian кожа́н (kožán, “bat”) (from Russian ко́жа (kóža, “skin”)). Cognate with Macedonian лилјак (liljak, “bat”), Bulgarian лиляк (liljak, “bat”), Ukrainian ли́ли́к (lýlýk, “bat”), and loaned into Romanian liliac (“bat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʎǐːʎak/
- Hyphenation: lji‧ljak
Noun
ljíljak m anim (Cyrillic spelling љи́љак)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ljiljak | ljiljci |
| genitive | ljiljaka | ljȋljākā |
| dative | ljiljaku | ljiljcima |
| accusative | ljiljaka | ljiljke |
| vocative | ljiljaku | ljiljci |
| locative | ljiljaku | ljiljcima |
| instrumental | ljiljakom | ljiljcima |
References
- Miroslav Nikolić, editor (2011), “љи́љак”, in Речник српскога језика [Rečnik srpskoga jezika, Dictionary of the Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Измењено и поправљено издање [Revised and Corrected Edition], Novi Sad: Matica srpska, page 645
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лилек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 402
Further reading
- “ljiljak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026