pogibelj

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian поги́бель (pogíbelʹ). Doublet of pȍgībao.

Noun

pogíbelj or pȍgībelj f (Cyrillic spelling поги́бељ or по̏гӣбељ)

  1. danger (especially life-threatening)
    • 1842, Hedviga. Drama u tri čina polag Kernera (Izbor igrokazak ilirskoga kazališta; 8), Zagreb, Treći čin, treći prizor, page 42:
      Ti si u me žižak bacila; grabi te li slutnja o рogibeli? Još jedan trenutak i iskra će zaplamtiti i barutnica poletit će u zrak.
      You have thrown the fuse onto me; hasn’t the suspicion of death caught you? Just one moment and a spark will be enkindled and the powder keg will blow up.

Declension

References

  • pogibelj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • pogibelj”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 4, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1971, published 1990, page 523