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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želza. First attested in the 17th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
žlijézda f (Cyrillic spelling жлије́зда)
- gland
Declension
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žlijezda”, 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 623
Further reading
- “žlijezda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024