ožujak
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lъžujьkъ, a derivative of *lъžь (“lie”) (Serbo-Croatian: lȃž). The month name would thus mean "deceitful, deceptive month". First attested in the 18th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒʒujak/
- Hyphenation: o‧žu‧jak
Noun
òžujak m inan (Cyrillic spelling о̀жујак, relational adjective òžujskī)
- (Croatia) March
- Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia) mȁrt
- u ožujku ― in March
- osmog ožujka ― on the eighth of March
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | òžujak | òžūjci |
| genitive | òžūjka | ožujaka |
| dative | ožujku | ožujcima |
| accusative | ožujak | ožujke |
| vocative | ožujče | ožujci |
| locative | ožujku | ožujcima |
| instrumental | ožujkom | ožujcima |
Coordinate terms
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “òžujak”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 96
Further reading
- “ožujak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025