peraja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pero +‎ -aja.

Noun

perája f (Cyrillic spelling пера́ја)

  1. fin, flipper (appendage of a fish)
  2. swim fin, flipper (finlike swimming accessories worn on the feet)

Declension

Declension of peraja
singular plural
nominative perája peráje
genitive perájē perájā
dative peráji perájama
accusative peráju peráje
vocative pȅrājo peráje
locative peráji perájama
instrumental perájōm perájama

Derived terms

References

  • Skok, Petar (1972) “pèro”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 641
  • Vukušić, Stjepan, Zoričić, Ivan, Graselli-Vukušić, Marija (2007) Naglasak u hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Velika hrvatska gramatika; 4), Zagreb: Globus, →ISBN, §259, page 75