država

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See also: dŕžava

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: dr‧ža‧va

Noun

država f

  1. dependency, domain, dominion

Declension

Further reading

  • država”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • država”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьržava.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dřʒaʋa/
  • Hyphenation: dr‧ža‧va

Noun

dr̀žava f (Cyrillic spelling др̀жава, relational adjective dr̀žāvnī)

  1. country
  2. state

Declension

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьržava.

Pronunciation

Noun

držȃva f

  1. country (nation state)
  2. state

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. držáva
gen. sing. držáve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
držáva držávi držáve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
držáve držáv držáv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
držávi držávama držávam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
držávo držávi držáve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
držávi držávah držávah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
držávo držávama držávami

Further reading

  • država”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024