ždrijeb

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žerbьjь. First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒdrijêːb/
  • Hyphenation: ždri‧jeb

Noun

ždrijȇb m inan (Cyrillic spelling ждрије̑б)

  1. lot (anything used in determining a question by chance)

Declension

Declension of ždrijeb
singular plural
nominative ždrijȇb ždrȅbovi
genitive ždrijeba ždrebova
dative ždrijebu ždrebovima
accusative ždrijeb ždrebove
vocative ždrijebe ždrebovi
locative ždrijebu ždrebovima
instrumental ždrijebom ždrebovima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “ždrijȇb”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 616