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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡǒnija/
- Hyphenation: a‧go‧ni‧ja
- Rhymes: -ija
Noun
agònija f (Cyrillic spelling аго̀нија)
- agony
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía), which is derived from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of agonija
• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): , SNPT:
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Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
Miscellaneous
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• Rhymes: -iːja (-íja) (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: ag‧o‧n‧i‧ja
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Noun
agonȋja f
- Agony, death struggle.
- (by extension) the process of dying out.
Da bi se ta agonija čim prej končala, sem sam predlagal, naj me odstavijo.- I suggested to step down in order to end end this agony.
Inflection
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See also
Further reading
- “agonija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024