dostojan

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dostojьnъ. Compare Czech důstojný.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒːstoːjan/
  • Hyphenation: do‧sto‧jan

Adjective

dóstōjan (Cyrillic spelling до́сто̄јан, definite dóstōjnī, comparative dostojniji)

  1. (with genitive) deserving, worthy
    Hvala vam, ali nisam dostojan tolikih pohvala.Thank you, but I am not worthy of so such praise.
  2. (Croatia, informal) decent, satisfactory, all right
    Na kraju ništa od toga, no ipak dostojan pokušaj!In the end, it came to nothing, but a decent try nonetheless!

Declension