pogibelj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian поги́бель (pogíbelʹ). Doublet of pȍgībao.

Noun

pogíbelj or pȍgībelj f (Cyrillic spelling поги́бељ or по̏гӣбељ)

  1. danger (especially life-threatening)
    • 1842, Hedviga. Drama u tri čina polag Kernera (Izbor igrokazak ilirskoga kazališta; 8), Zagreb, Treći čin, treći prizor, page 42:
      Ti si u me žižak bacila; grabi te li slutnja o рogibeli? Još jedan trenutak i iskra će zaplamtiti i barutnica poletit će u zrak.
      You have thrown the fuse onto me; hasn’t the suspicion of death caught you? Just one moment and a spark will be enkindled and the powder keg will blow up.

Declension

Declension of pogibelj
singular plural
nominative pogibelj pogibelji
genitive pogibelji pogibelji
dative pogibelji pogibeljima
accusative pogibelj pogibelji
vocative pogibelji pogibelji
locative pogibelj pogibeljima
instrumental pogibelji, pogibelju pogibelima

References

  • “pogibelj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “pogibelj”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 4, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1971, published 1990, page 523
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