zmija

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See also: źmija, żmija, Żmija, and żmiją

Lower Sorbian

zmija

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

Pronunciation

Noun

zmija f animal (diminutive zmijica)

  1. viper, adder
  2. (specifically) common European adder, cross adder (Vipera berus)

Declension

declension of zmija
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative zmija zmii zmije
Genitive zmije zmijowu zmijow
Dative zmii zmijoma zmijam
Accusative zmiju zmii zmije
Instrumental zmiju zmijoma zmijami
Locative zmii zmijoma zmijach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “zmija”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “zmija”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zmǐja/
  • Hyphenation: zmi‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

zmìja f (Cyrillic spelling змѝја, diminutive zmìjica, augmentative zmijùrina, relational adjective zmȋjskī)

  1. snake

Declension

Declension of zmija
singular plural
nominative zmìja zmije
genitive zmije zmíjā
dative zmiji zmijama
accusative zmiju zmije
vocative zmijo zmije
locative zmiji zmijama
instrumental zmijom zmijama

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “zmija” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zmьjà.

Pronunciation

Noun

zmija f (genitive singular zmije, nominative plural zmije, genitive plural zmijí, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. viper, adder
    Synonym: vretenica

Declension

Declension of zmija
singular plural
nominative zmija zmije
genitive zmije zmijí
dative zmiji zmijam
accusative zmiju zmije
locative zmiji zmijach
instrumental zmijou zmijami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “zmija”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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