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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Literally, “shield gland”. Calque of Serbo-Croatian штитна жлезда / štitna žlezda, itself a calque of German Schilddrüse.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: щит‧ни шлїж‧нїк
Noun
щитни шлїжнїк (ščitni šljižnjik) m inan
- (anatomy) thyroid gland
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “щитни”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy