jezero

Inherited from Old Czech jezero, from Proto-Slavic *ezero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛzɛro]

jezero n (relational adjective jezerní, diminutive jezírko)

1. lake

   Velké Solné jezero ― Great Salt Lake

   Jezera Ubari ― Ubari Lakes

• “jezero”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jezero”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “jezero”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ezero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera.

• jezer (archaic, dialectal, Dubrovnik)

• IPA^(key): /jêzero/
  • (Dubrovnik) IPA^(key): /jêd͡zero/ ⟨jȅʒero⟩
• Hyphenation: je‧ze‧ro

jȅzero n (Cyrillic spelling је̏зеро, relational adjective jezerskī, diminutive jezerce)

1. lake
   • 1878 March 2, August Šenoa, “Karamfil sa pjesnikova groba”, in Vienac‎^[1], volume X, number 9, Zagreb, page 134:

     Sad smo pristali na drugom kraju jezera.

     Now we had moored on the other side of the lake.

2. (archaic, rare) spring of water
   • 16th century, Mavro Vetranić Čavčić, “Pelegrin”, in I. A. Kaznačić, editor, Pjesme Mavra Vetranića Čavčića: Dio II. (Stari pisci hrvatski)‎^[2], Zagreb: Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, published 1872, page 143, line 2348:

     u sjenci pod borom jezero gdje vraše

     in the shadow under the pine tree where a spring was bubbling

3. (metonymic, archaic, rare) abyss, depth
   • 1495, Bernardinus Spalatensis [Bernardin Splićanin], edited by Tomo Maretić, Vulgarizacio dalmatica epistolarum & euangeliorum [Lekcionarij Bernardina Spljećanina]‎^[3], Zagreb: JAZU, published 1885, page 160 (orig. 85a):

     Od vika odrejena jesam i od starih pri nego zemļa biše. Ne bihu jošće ni jezera, a ja jure začata bih, ni bihu jošće vrutki vodeni protekli ni se jošće gore težkom veličinom umistile bihu, pri sfih vrhof ja se rojah.

     [Proverbs 8:23-26, KJV] I was set up from euerlaſting, from the beginning, or euer the earth was. When there were no depthes, I was brought forth : when there were no fountaines abounding with water. Before the mountaines were ſettled : before the hilles, was I brought foorth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the higheſt part of the duſt of the world.

Forms with ◌̏ can have the non-weakened shift to the proclitic: nȁ jezero.^[2][3][4] The rule is however rarely mentioned in normative manuals and may be unstable,^[5] and the word can be reclassified into the paradigm with immobile stem stress (likely with weakened shift):

• jezeranin
• jezerište (Štokavian, Čakavian) / jezerišče (Kajkavian)
• jezeriti se
• jezerkinja

• Varaždin Kaykavian: Nsg jẹ̏zȩro (IPA^(key): /ˈjezɜro/), Gsg jẹ̏zȩra, Npl jẹ̏zȩra, Gpl jẹ̏zȩrah^[7]
• Novi Vinodolski Chakavian: Nsg jȅzero, Npl jȅzera, Gpl jȅzēr/jezẽr^[8]

From Hungarian ezer (thousand), from an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom (thousand).^[11] The final -o is added by analogy to jezero (lake).^[12] Rare variant without the -o (jȅzer) is noted by RSANU (1973:698).

• IPA^(key): /jêzero/
• Hyphenation: je‧ze‧ro

jȅzero n (Cyrillic spelling је̏зеро)

1. (Burgenland Croatian, archaic) thousand; a great number

   Synonyms: tisuća, hiljada

   • 1578, Antol Vramecz, Kronika vezda znovich zpravliena kratka szlouenzkim iezikom‎^[4], Lublana: po Iuane Manline, page 53 verso:

     1513. Due iezere Turkou Peter Berizlo Biskup Wezprimſzky i Ban na pole Dubichkom ſzuoimi Vitezmy i iunaczi poby.

     1513. Dve jezere Turkov Peter Berislo biškup vesprimski i ban na pole dubičkom svojimi vitezmi i junaci pobi.

     1513. Péter Beriszló [Petar Berislavić], the bishop of Vezsprém, killed two thousand Turks on the field of Dubica, with his knights and champions.

   • 1894, Evgenij Kumičić, Urota zrinsko-frankopanska‎^[5], Zagreb: Bulaja naklada, published 2020, page 231:

     još k tomu svemu obećajemo cesarski i kraljevski dar deset jezer talirov onomu ki njega živoga ili mrtvoga nam v ruke da

     additionally, we promise the imperial and royal gift of ten thousand thalers to that who brings him alive or dead into our hands

   • 1936, Miroslav Krleža, “Planetarijom”, in Balade Petrice Kerempuha (Sabrana djela Miroslava Krleže), Sarajevo / Zagreb: NIŠRO "Oslobođenje" / IKRO "Mladost", published 1982, page 115:

     Kajkavska reč Kaj vre jezer let klopoče.

     The Kaykavian word Kay already for a thousand years has been rattling.

Neo-Shtokavian accent in the table is based on Klaić (1987:630) and RSANU (1973:699) which do not imply a mobile paradigm; ARj (1897:638) does not mark the accent. The plural accent might also be the same as in meaning 'lake' (Npl jezèra, etc.).

• jezerača

• found in northern Croatia, especially Kajkavian dialects, rarely in northern Bosnia, and in Burgenland Croatian; see Citations
• Varaždin Kaykavian: Nsg jȩ̏zȩro (IPA^(key): /ˈjɜzɜro/) or jȩ̏zȩrȩ, Gsg jȩ̏zȩra, Npl jȩ̏zȩrȩ, Gpl jȩzȩ̑r (IPA^(key): /jɜzɜ̂ːr/)^[13]
• Bednja Kaykavian: Nsg jȁzere, Gpl jezãr^[14]

• ARj = Pero Budmani, editor (1892–1897), “jezero”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[6] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 638
• Беличъ, Александръ (1909) “Замѣтки по чакавскимъ говорамъ”, in Извѣстія Отдѣленія русскаго языка и словесности Императорской Академіи наукъ, volume XIV, number 2, Санктпетербургъ, pages 181-266
• Hraste, Mate (1935) “Čakavski dijalekat ostrva Hvara”, in Јужнословенски филолог‎^[7], volume 14, Београд: Александар Белић, pages 1-59
• “jezero”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025 ('lake')
• “jezero”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025 ('thousand')
• Jedvaj, Josip (1956) “Bednjanski govor”, in Hrvatski dijalektološki zbornik‎^[8], volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, pages 279-330
• Jurišić, Blaž (1973) Rječnik govora otoka Vrgade. I dio: Uvod, Zagreb: JAZU
• Kapović, Mate (2011) “Naglasak imenica srednjega roda u hrvatskom – povijesni razvoj”, in Hrvatski dijalektološki zbornik, volume 17, Zagreb: HAZU, pages 109-146
• Klaić, Bratoljub (1987) Rječnik stranih riječi, Zagreb: Matica hrvatska
• Klaić, Bratoljub (2011) Naglasni sustav standardnoga hrvatskog jezika, Zagreb: Umjetnička organizacija Netfaces
• László, Bulcsú (1996) “Bilježka o‿književnōme naglasku hrvātskōme”, in Suvremena lingvistika, volume 22, numbers 1-2, Zagreb: Hrvatsko filološko društvo, pages 333-391
• Lipljin, Tomislav (2013) Rječnik varaždinskoga kajkavskog govora, 2nd edition, Varaždin: Stanek Media
• Maretić, Tomo (1963) Gramatika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika, 3rd edition, Zagreb: Matica hrvatska
• RSANU = М. Стевановић, М. Пешикан, Б. Николић, editors (1973), Речник српскохрватског књижевног и народног језика, књ. 8 (интонирати - јурве)‎^[9], Београд: САНУ
• Skok, Petar (1971) “jȅzero”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 781
• Vukušić, Stjepan, Zoričić, Ivan, Graselli-Vukušić, Marija (2007) Naglasak u hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Velika hrvatska gramatika; 4), Zagreb: Globus, →ISBN, §231, page 68

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ezero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera.

• IPA^(key): /jéːzɛrɔ/

jẹ̑zero n

1. lake

• “jezero”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “jezero”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references