veriga

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *veriga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋěriɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ri‧ga

Noun

vèriga f (Cyrillic spelling вѐрига, diminutive vèrižica)

  1. pothook
  2. a large chain that closes or blocks something
  3. (in the plural) chains, fetters

Declension

References

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *veriga.

Pronunciation

Noun

veríga f

  1. chain (a series of interconnected rings or links)

Inflection

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. veríga
gen. sing. veríge
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
veríga verígi veríge
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
veríge veríg veríg
dative
(dajȃlnik)
verígi verígama verígam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
verígo verígi veríge
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
verígi verígah verígah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
verígo verígama verígami

Further reading

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