zmija

From Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzmʲi.ja/
• Rhymes: -ija
• Syllabification: zmi‧ja

zmija f (diminutive zmijica)

1. viper, adder
2. (specifically) common European adder, cross adder (Vipera berus)

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “zmija”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “zmija”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

• IPA^(key): /zmǐja/
• Hyphenation: zmi‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

zmìja f (Cyrillic spelling змѝја, relational adjective zmȋjskī, diminutive zmìjica, augmentative zmijùrina)

1. snake

• kriti kao zmija noge (literally “to hide like a snake hides its legs”)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zmьjà.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzmija]

zmija f (relational adjective zmijí)

1. viper, adder

   Synonym: vretenica

• “zmija”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025