agonija

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡǒnija/
  • Hyphenation: a‧go‧ni‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

agònija f (Cyrillic spelling аго̀нија)

  1. agony

Declension

Declension of agonija
singular plural
nominative agonija agonije
genitive agonije agonija
dative agoniji agonijama
accusative agoniju agonije
vocative agonijo agonije
locative agoniji agonijama
instrumental agonijom agonijama

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía), which is derived from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˌaɡoˈníːjà], SNPT: [agonȋja]
  • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˌaɡoˈniːja], SNPT: [agoníja]
  • (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): [ˌaɣoˈníːjà], SNPT: [aɣonȋja]

Note: different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

  • Rhymes: -iːja (-íja) (non-tonal)
  • Hyphenation: ag‧o‧n‧i‧ja

Noun

agonȋja f

  1. Agony, death struggle.
  2. (by extension) the process of dying out.
    Da bi se ta agonija čim prej končala, sem sam predlagal, naj me odstavijo.
    I suggested to step down in order to end end this agony.

Declension

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing. agonȋja
gen. sing. agonȋje
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		agonȋja agonȋji agonȋje
genitive
rodȋlnik 		agonȋje agonȋj agonȋj
dative
dajȃlnik 		agonȋji agonȋjama agonȋjam
accusative
tožȋlnik 		agonȋjo agonȋji agonȋje
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		agonȋji agonȋjah agonȋjah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		agonȋjo agonȋjama agonȋjami
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		agonȋja agonȋji agonȋje

Synonyms

  • crkavanje (offensive)
  • smrtni boj (expressive)
  • ugašanje (expressive)
  • umiranje

See also

Further reading

  • “agonija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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