blazinja
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”), cognate with Russian болозно (bolozno, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”). Compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 (barəziš, “cushion, cover”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), German Balg (“fell”), Persian بالش (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blǎziɲa/
- Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧nja
Noun
blàzinja f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зиња)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | blazinja | blazinje |
| genitive | blazinje | blazinja |
| dative | blazinji | blazinjama |
| accusative | blazinju | blazinje |
| vocative | blazinjo | blazinje |
| locative | blazinji | blazinjama |
| instrumental | blazinjom | blazinjama |