kazna

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaznь, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂⸝₃ǵ-n-, see also Old Irish cáin (“tribute, law”), Welsh digon.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâzna/
  • Hyphenation: kaz‧na

Noun

kȁzna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏зна)

  1. punishment
  2. penalty
  3. visitation (of God)

Declension

Declension of kazna
singular plural
nominative kazna kazne
genitive kazne kȃznā / kȃznī
dative kazni kaznama
accusative kaznu kazne
vocative kazno kazne
locative kazni kaznama
instrumental kaznom kaznama

See also

  • globa
  • nema kazne, nema zakona (Nulla poena, nulla lex)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “ka(g)ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 183-84

Further reading

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