zadruga
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English
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian zȃdruga/за̑друга (“commune”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zadruga (plural zadrugas or zadruge)
- A social unit of rural community among the South Slavs, associated with family links and set customs.
- 2007, Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain, Hurst & Co, published 2007, pages 7–8:
- Byzantine culture was forced to retreat in the face of a way of life based on the extended family commune or zadruga, which was further organised around loose tribal areas known as županije.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
zȃdruga f (Cyrillic spelling за̑друга)
Declension
Declension of zadruga
Further reading
- “zadruga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024