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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Adjective
jȁdōvan (Cyrillic spelling ја̏до̄ван)
- miserable, pathetic
1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:jak ma ličca moči
jadovna čemerna suza prez pristanka.- And her face being consentlessly soak'd by
a wretched and sorrowful tear.
- late 16C, Dinko Ranjina, Jednomu ki ništo ne učini a tuđe sve huli:
- Jadovni zleče moj, zavidos s kim bjesni,
- Za zle prem tolikoj ne scijeni me pjesni.
- Oh you my wretched foe, who do with envy rage,
- so great a wrath as yours my poems to not deserve.
Declension
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