žir
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žirъ. Related to žȋv (“alive”). First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
žȋr m (Cyrillic spelling жи̑р)
Declension
Declension of žir
See also
| German suits in Serbo-Croatian · njemačke boje, nemačke boje, mađarske boje (layout · text) | |||
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| crvena, srce | bundeva, tikva | zelena, zelje, list | žir |
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žir”, 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 621