družina
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
družina
- (historical) druzhina (retinue in the service of a chieftain in mediaeval Slavic Europe)
Declension
| Inflection of družina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | družina | družinat | |
| genitive | družinan | družinoiden družinoitten | |
| partitive | družinaa | družinoita | |
| illative | družinaan | družinoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | družina | družinat | |
| accusative | nom. | družina | družinat |
| gen. | družinan | ||
| genitive | družinan | družinoiden družinoitten družinain rare | |
| partitive | družinaa | družinoita | |
| inessive | družinassa | družinoissa | |
| elative | družinasta | družinoista | |
| illative | družinaan | družinoihin | |
| adessive | družinalla | družinoilla | |
| ablative | družinalta | družinoilta | |
| allative | družinalle | družinoille | |
| essive | družinana | družinoina | |
| translative | družinaksi | družinoiksi | |
| abessive | družinatta | družinoitta | |
| instructive | — | družinoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *družina (“team, company”), from *drugъ (“friend, companion”) + *-ina.
Pronunciation
Noun
drùžina f (Cyrillic spelling дру̀жина)
- troupe, band (of artists)
- clique, fellowship
- (Kajkavian) family
- (historical) gang
Declension
Declension of družina
Further reading
- “družina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *družina (“team, company”), from *drugъ (“friend, companion”) + *-ina.
Pronunciation
Noun
družína f
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | družína | ||
| gen. sing. | družíne | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
družína | družíni | družíne |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
družíne | družín | družín |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
družíni | družínama | družínam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
družíno | družíni | družíne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
družíni | družínah | družínah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
družíno | družínama | družínami |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “družina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024