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 | žira | žirova |
| dative | žiru | žirovima |
| accusative | žir | žirove |
| vocative | žiru | žirovi |
| locative | žiru | žirovima |
| instrumental | žirom | žirovima |
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 (2021) “žȋr”, 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 621