blazina

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

blàzinja

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolzina.

Cognates

Cognate with Russian болозно (bolozno, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”). Compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), German Balg (“fell”), Persian (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blǎzina/
Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧na

Noun

blàzina f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зина)

(regional, rare, Croatia) pillow
- 1982, Branko Hećimović, Izabrane slovenske drame:
  Soba je velika ali vrlo niska i u strahovitom neredu; strop je drven i potamnio; pod je zemljan; u kutu napola srušena peć; uza zidove iskrivljene klupe; slijeva, uz samu peć, velika blazina na podu.
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- 2011, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića:
  Zato ona metne u krevet kraljevne jedno zrno graška, a na nj tri slamnjače i devet blazina. 'Osjeti li grašak preko tri slamnjače i devet blazina, onda ću znati, da je prava ...
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(regional, rare, Croatia) cushion

Declension

Declension of *blazina*
	singular	plural
nominative	blazina	blazine
genitive	blazine	blazina
dative	blazini	blazinama
accusative	blazinu	blazine
vocative	blazino	blazine
locative	blazini	blazinama
instrumental	blazinom	blazinama

Synonyms

Further reading

“blazina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025