žlijezda

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želza. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

žlijézda f (Cyrillic spelling жлије́зда)

  1. gland

Declension

References

  1. ^ 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