narječje

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Czech nářečí or from Russian наречие (narečije).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎːrjeːt͡ʃje/
  • Hyphenation: na‧rje‧čje

Noun

nárjēčje n (Cyrillic spelling на́рје̄чје)

  1. dialect cluster

Usage notes

  • Although technically synonyms, there is a difference in the usage of narječje and dijalekt. The former is used for larger dialect clusters (e.g. Kajkavian, Chakavian, Shtokavian, Torlak), while the latter tends to be used for subdivisions within them, as a classificatory unit above a subdialect.

Declension

Declension of narječje
singular plural
nominative nárječje narječja
genitive narječja narječja
dative narječju narječjima
accusative narječje narječja
vocative narječje narječja
locative narječju narječjima
instrumental narječjem narječjima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “nárjēčje”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 674

Further reading

  • “narječje”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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