ždrijelo

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žerdlo. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒdrjěːlo/
  • Hyphenation: ždrije‧lo

Noun

ždrijélo n (Cyrillic spelling ждрије́ло)

  1. (anatomy) pharynx
  2. gorge
  3. crater (of a volcano)

Declension

Declension of ždrijelo
singular plural
nominative ždrijelo ždrijela
genitive ždrijela ždrijela
dative ždrijelu ždrijelima
accusative ždrijelo ždrijela
vocative ždrijelo ždrijela
locative ždrijelu ždrijelima
instrumental ždrijelom ždrijelima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “ždrijélo”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 616

Further reading

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