dunja
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From earlier gdȕnja, from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).
Noun
dȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)
- quince (tree and fruit)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dunja | dunje |
| genitive | dunje | dunja |
| dative | dunji | dunjama |
| accusative | dunju | dunje |
| vocative | dunjo | dunje |
| locative | dunji | dunjama |
| instrumental | dunjom | dunjama |
Etymology 2
From earlier dȕhnja, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.
Noun
dȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)
- (regional) bed cover filled with feathers, duvet, eiderdown
- 1941, “Istruli mi dunja u fioci”:
- Istruli mi dunja u fioci,
moj je dragi u Dražinoj vojsci.- My duvet will go to waste in the drawer, forthy my dear is in the Dražina army.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dunja | dunje |
| genitive | dunje | dunja |
| dative | dunji | dunjama |
| accusative | dunju | dunje |
| vocative | dunjo | dunje |
| locative | dunji | dunjama |
| instrumental | dunjom | dunjama |
Further reading
- “dunja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025