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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Determiner
овај • (ovaj)
- Nonstandard form of овој (ovoj).
Particle
овај • (ovaj)
- (nonstandard) I mean, that is to say (filler expressing hesitation)
Pronoun
овај • (ovaj)
- Nonstandard form of овој (ovoj).
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ovъ + *jь. Akin to ка̏ј, о̀на̄ј, та̑ј.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒʋaːj/
- Hyphenation: о‧вај
Pronoun
о̀ва̄ј (Latin spelling òvāj)
- (demonstrative) this, this one
- овај пут ― this time
- овог(а) пута ― this time
- ове зиме ― this winter
- (substantively, mildly impolite) this one
- овај вас тражи ― this one is looking for you
- (colloquial, in the neuter, with genitive) small in amount or value
- ово ствари ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of овај
| singular
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
о̀ва̄ј
|
о̀ва̄
|
о̀во̄
|
| genitive
|
о̀во̄г(а)
|
о̀ве̄
|
о̀во̄г(а)
|
| dative
|
о̀во̄м(у/е)
|
о̀во̄ј
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о̀во̄м(у/е)
|
| accusative
|
inanimate
animate
|
о̀ва̄ј
о̀во̄г(а)
|
о̀вӯ
|
о̀во̄
|
| vocative
|
-
|
-
|
-
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| locative
|
о̀во̄м(е/у)
|
о̀во̄ј
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о̀во̄м(е/у)
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| instrumental
|
о̀вӣм(е)
|
о̀во̄м
|
о̀вӣм(е)
|
| plural
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masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
о̀вӣ
|
о̀ве̄
|
о̀ва̄
|
| genitive
|
о̀вӣх
|
о̀вӣх
|
о̀вӣх
|
| dative
|
о̀вӣм
|
о̀вӣм
|
о̀вӣм
|
| accusative
|
о̀ве̄
|
о̀ве̄
|
о̀ва̄
|
| vocative
|
-
|
-
|
-
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| locative
|
о̀вӣм
|
о̀вӣм
|
о̀вӣм
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| instrumental
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о̀вӣм
|
о̀вӣм
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о̀вӣм
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Interjection
о̀ва̄ј (Latin spelling òvāj)
- er, uh, um
References
- “овај”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024