књига

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See also: книга, and кніга

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɲîɡa/
  • Hyphenation: књи‧га

Noun

књи̏га f (Latin spelling knjȉga, diminutive књи̏жица, augmentative књижу̀рина, relational adjective књи̏жнӣ)

  1. book
    Затварам књигу и гледам кроз прозор.I close the book and look out the window
  2. (archaic, poetic) scroll, letter, missive
    • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
      Он не носи тице ластавице,
      Веће књигу од Богородице,
      Однесе је цару на Косово,
      Спушта књигу цару на колено...
      On ne nosi tice lastavice,
      Veće knjigu od Bogorodice,
      Odnese je caru na Kosovo,
      Spušta knjigu caru na koleno...
      He bears not a swallow-bird,
      But a letter from the Theotokos,
      Carries it off to the Tsar on Kosovo,
      Lowers the letter upon the Tsar’s knee...
    Synonym: писмо

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References

  • књига”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024