криж

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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak kríž, from Old Czech kříž, ultimately from Latin crux. Sense 7 is a semantic loan from Serbo-Croatian крижа / križa and/or крста / krsta.

Pronunciation

Noun

криж (križm inan (diminutive крижик, related adjective крижов)

  1. cross (geometrical figure)
    Червени крижČerveni križRed Cross
  2. (Christianity) cross, crucifix
  3. (agriculture) stook (of sheaves)
  4. (religion) gonfalon, flag, banner
    процесия з крижамиprocesija z križamia procession with gonfalons
  5. cross-shaped tombstone
  6. (figuratively) care, burden
  7. (in the plural, anatomy) lower back, loin
    стануло му до крижохstanulo mu do križoxhis lower back hurts

Declension

Declension of криж
singular plural
nominative криж (križ) крижи (križi)
genitive крижа (križa) крижох (križox)
dative крижу (križu) крижом (križom)
accusative криж (križ) крижи (križi)
instrumental крижом (križom) крижами (križami)
locative крижу (križu) крижох (križox)
vocative крижу (križu) крижи (križi)
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
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References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin crux.

Pronunciation

Noun

кри̑ж m inan (Latin spelling krȋž)

  1. (Croatia, Bosnia) cross, crucifix (also figuratively)

Usage notes

This word, in religious context, is used mainly by Catholic Christians, and consequently generally more common among Croats than Serbs. Orthodoxs (and Serbs generally) tend to prefer the term кр̏ст.

Declension

Declension of криж
singular plural
nominative кри̑ж кри́жеви
genitive кри́жа крижева
dative крижу крижевима
accusative криж крижеве
vocative крижу крижеви
locative крижу крижевима
instrumental крижем крижевима

Synonyms

Further reading

  • криж”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

криж (sense 2) prevalence in Ukraine

Etymology

From Polish krzyż.

Pronunciation

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Noun

криж (kryžm inan (genitive кри́жа, nominative plural кри́жі, genitive plural кри́жів)

  1. (dated) cross
    Synonym: хрест (xrest)
  2. (in the plural) loins
    Synonym: по́пере́к (póperék)

Declension

Declension of криж
(inan semisoft masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative криж
kryž
кри́жі
krýži
genitive кри́жа
krýža
кри́жів
krýživ
dative кри́жеві, кри́жу
krýževi, krýžu
кри́жам
krýžam
accusative криж
kryž
кри́жі
krýži
instrumental кри́жем
krýžem
кри́жами
krýžamy
locative кри́жу, кри́жі
krýžu, krýži
кри́жах
krýžax
vocative кри́же
krýže
кри́жі
krýži

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